Originally published in 1989. This diary of a news event looks at
how the reporting happened as spread by the news wire system of the
Associated Press service in America. Analysing the flow of
information in this detailed way, this book presents how a major
disaster, a fast-moving story with considerable spin, was fed out
to the press via the Dallas bureau in 1988. Introductory chapters
outline the workings of a press bureau office during a major story
and present interview sections with key reporters on the story
about how their role unfolded. Sidebar commentary alongside the
reproductions of the news wires, organised by date and time, adds
interesting discussion throughout the book, while a conclusion
evaluates the coverage of the story. The Appendices include
reproductions of Texas newspapers' resulting pages about the crash.
This is a fascinating case-study of the dissemination of news date
before the internet, compiled at a time when computers were just
large enough to retain in memory all stories relating to event 'X'
in order for this kind of analysis to be attempted.
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