Preface i
Introduction = 3
Chapter One: Lessons of the Ages: Monica of Mesopotamia = 7
Chapter Two: Early “Spin Doctor” and the Wires = 15
Chapter Three: English Censors Cross the Atlantic = 23
Chapter Four: Post-Revolutionary War Among the Press = 34
Chapter Five: Westward Ho! [1800 to 1865] = 46
Chapter Six: The UnCivil War and the Press = 57
Chapter Seven: The Wires.A New Journalism = 64
Chapter Eight: Taking Hits and Hitting Back [mid-1800s to 1919] = 72
Chapter Nine: SCOTUS and the First Amendment = 84
Chapter Ten: Congress Does “Abridge” Radio and Television = 97
Chapter Eleven: The Press’s Objectivity and Social Responsibility = 106
Chapter Twelve: World Wartime II and the Hawks of the Press = 116
Chapter Thirteen: Objectivity on the Ropes = 120
Chapter Fourteen: New Wars, Access and Secrecy = 128
Chapter Fifteen: The World Beyond [1970s to 1990s] = 138
Chapter Sixteen: Mixed Fruits of Press Freedom = 160
Chapter Seventeen: Can the Press Survive Freedom? Can Freedom Survive the Press? = 167
Chapter Eighteen: The Critics of and in Journalism = 193
Chapter Nineteen: The 21st Century Macro-Merger = 205
Chapter Twenty: The Public Sphere = 210
The Moral = 217
Notes = 219
Index = 223
Introduction = 3
Chapter One: Lessons of the Ages: Monica of Mesopotamia = 7
Chapter Two: Early “Spin Doctor” and the Wires = 15
Chapter Three: English Censors Cross the Atlantic = 23
Chapter Four: Post-Revolutionary War Among the Press = 34
Chapter Five: Westward Ho! [1800 to 1865] = 46
Chapter Six: The UnCivil War and the Press = 57
Chapter Seven: The Wires.A New Journalism = 64
Chapter Eight: Taking Hits and Hitting Back [mid-1800s to 1919] = 72
Chapter Nine: SCOTUS and the First Amendment = 84
Chapter Ten: Congress Does “Abridge” Radio and Television = 97
Chapter Eleven: The Press’s Objectivity and Social Responsibility = 106
Chapter Twelve: World Wartime II and the Hawks of the Press = 116
Chapter Thirteen: Objectivity on the Ropes = 120
Chapter Fourteen: New Wars, Access and Secrecy = 128
Chapter Fifteen: The World Beyond [1970s to 1990s] = 138
Chapter Sixteen: Mixed Fruits of Press Freedom = 160
Chapter Seventeen: Can the Press Survive Freedom? Can Freedom Survive the Press? = 167
Chapter Eighteen: The Critics of and in Journalism = 193
Chapter Nineteen: The 21st Century Macro-Merger = 205
Chapter Twenty: The Public Sphere = 210
The Moral = 217
Notes = 219
Index = 223