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Contested Ground - The Tunnel and the Struggle Over Television News in Cold War America (Paperback)
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Contested Ground - The Tunnel and the Struggle Over Television News in Cold War America (Paperback)
Series: Culture and Politics in the Cold War and Beyond
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In 1962, an innovative documentary on a Berlin Wall tunnel escape
brought condemnation from both sides of the Iron Curtain during one
of the most volatile periods of the Cold War. The Tunnel, produced
by NBC's Reuven Frank, clocked in at ninety minutes and prompted a
range of strong reactions. While the television industry ultimately
awarded the program three Emmys, the U.S. Department of State
pressured NBC to cancel the program, and print journalists
criticized the network for what they considered to be a blatant
disregard of journalistic ethics.It was not just The Tunnel's
Subject matter that sparked controversy, but the medium itself. The
surprisingly fast ascendance of television news as the country's
top choice for information threatened the self-defined supremacy of
print journalism and the de facto cooperation of government
officials and reporters on Cold War issues. In Contested Ground,
Mike Conway argues that the Production and reception of television
news and documentaries during this period reveals a major upheaval
in American news communications.
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