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Foreign Policy and the Press - An Analysis of The New York Times' Coverage of U.S. Foreign Policy (Hardcover, New)
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Foreign Policy and the Press - An Analysis of The New York Times' Coverage of U.S. Foreign Policy (Hardcover, New)
Series: Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications
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The role that the press plays in foreign policy is generally seen
as taking one of two forms. It is either cited as an active
participant in the policy process or as an instrument to be molded
and manipulated by the president and his media managers. This study
challenges both of these views and demonstrates that the press is
neither a powerful force in foreign policy nor under the control of
the government in its reporting of foreign policy. Nicholas Berry
concludes that to a far greater extent than with domestic policies,
the press is at one with the foreign policy establishment,
accepting the government's assumptions and formulations until a
policy begins to fail. At this outcome stage, the government tries,
unsuccessfully, to manipulate the critical press. The study is
based on a content analysis of The New York Times' reporting of
foreign policy disasters. Five case studies were chosen for five
recent presidents: the Bay of Pigs (Kennedy), Vietnam (Johnson),
the Cambodian incursion (Nixon), the Iran hostage crisis (Carter),
and the 1982-1984 intervention in Lebanon (Reagan). In each case,
The New York Times' articles were examined and analyzed against the
administration's foreign policy statements. Berry details the
policy orientation of each administration, describes the Times'
coverage, and draws conclusions in all five cases. In a final
chapter he discusses the implications of his findings and addresses
such issues as the difference between domestic and foreign policy
reporting and the notion that foreign-based correspondents are more
critical of foreign policy than are U.S.-based reporters. Two
appendices and a bibliography are also included. This important
study will be avaluable resource for courses in journalism,
behavioral studies on the media, and American foreign policy, and a
significant addition to public, college, and university libraries.
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