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Sentinel Under Siege - The Triumphs and Troubles of America's Free Press (Hardcover)
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Sentinel Under Siege - The Triumphs and Troubles of America's Free Press (Hardcover)
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If the unexamined life is not worth living, surely the unexamined
media is not worth heeding. Sentinel Under Siege traces the
evolution of the media in the United States and its capacity to
examine and regulate itself, from its earliest colonial roots to
the modern explosion of digital technology.Once the Bill of Rights
was enacted in 1791, the press became the first and only enterprise
explicitly protected by the United States Constitution. This book
is concerned with the legal content given to freedom of the press
by the Supreme Court, and the fitful attempts of media
criticism?both intramural and external?to build a greater sense of
responsibility among the practitioners.Stanley Flink, former
correspondent of Life Magazine and writer/producer at NBC and CBS,
is concerned less with the people's right to know than with the
people's need to know. Only a competent, responsible press?whatever
its means of distribution?can perform the role of watchdog over
official abuse of power, business corruption, and political
distortions. But the acquisition of so many newspapers, magazines,
and broadcasting facilities by corporate conglomerates threatens a
new kind of prior restraint on an independent press?the conflicts
of interest; the power of advertising; the unspoken self-censorship
of reporters and editors, print or electronic, based on the
perceived predilections of their employers; and the financial
interests of related companies.Flink believes that responsible
journalism can also be economically viable in the twenty-first
century because the mass communication of reliable news reporting
and media accountability will be vital to the democratic process.
Unless the news media persistently seeks the high moral ground of
public service, the first casualty will be an informed electorate.
The second may well be constitutional protection.
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