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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cecil, Matthew
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: University Press of Kansas, 2014.
Subjects:
Hoover, J. Edgar > (John Edgar), > 1895-1972.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > History.
États-Unis. > Federal Bureau of Investigation > Histoire.
United States. > Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Journalism > Objectivity > United States > History.
Government and the press > United States > History.
Public relations > United States > History.
Presse > Objectivité > États-Unis > Histoire.
État et presse > États-Unis > Histoire.
Relations publiques > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Government and the press.
Journalism > Objectivity.
Public relations.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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