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Hoover's FBI and the Fourth Estate : the Campaign to Control the Press and the Bureau's Image.

The complete history of the covert and sophisticated efforts of Hoover's FBI to promote a positive image and to immunize the FBI from legitimate criticisms of its abusive practices; offers a primer for our time--highlighting the dangers to civil liberties and democratic values posed by secretiv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cecil, Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: University Press of Kansas, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The FBI's ongoing crisis of legitimacy
  • A bureau built for public relations
  • Enforcing the Bureau's image of restraint
  • Silencing a "useful citizen"
  • Investigating critics on the left
  • Dividing the press
  • Engaging defenders in the press
  • Corresponding with friends in the press
  • Managing friends in the broadcast media
  • Renewing the FBI story in Bureau-authorized books
  • Building a television audience.