Power, Prime Ministers and the Press
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4597-4264-2 (ISBN)
An intimate history of the journalists who covered Canadian history, and made some of their own.
The history of the press gallery is rich in anecdotes about the people on Parliament Hill who have covered 23 prime ministers and 42 elections in the past 150 years.
Mining the archives and his own interviews, Robert Lewis turns the spotlight on the watchers, including reporters who got too close to power and others who kept their distance.
The Riel Rebellion, the Pacific Scandal, two world wars, the Depression, women's liberation, Quebec separatism, and terrorism are all part of the sweeping background to this lively account of how the news gets made, manipulated, and, sometimes mangled. Since Watergate, press gallery coverage has become more confrontational — a fact, Lewis argues, that fails Canadian democracy.
Robert Lewis spent twelve years as a parliamentary correspondent and seven years as Maclean’s editor-in-chief. He lives in Toronto.
Foreword
Prologue
PART I
Days of Yore
1 At the Beginning
2 The Godfathers: Dafoe and Willison
3 The Boys Club and the Women Who Broke the Ban
The Happy Warriors
4 Grattan O'Leary: Forever Tory
5 Grant Dexter: Forever Grit
The Pearson Era
6 The Don: Blair Fraser
7 The Dean: Bruce Hutchison
PART II
Covering Dief the Chief
8 Clark Davey: On the Rails to Victory
9 Peter Dempson: A Last Hurrah
10 Clement Brown: Dief and he French Fact
Their Times
11 Amedee Gaudreault: Scoop Artiste
12 The Gang of Six
Enter the Broadcasters
13 Tom Earle: Gentleman Pioneer
14 Norman DePoe: The Gold Standard
Triple Play
15 Peter C. Newman: Court Jester To Power
16 Anthony Westell: The Contrarian
17 Richard Gwyn: The Reporter
My Times
18 The Trudeau Enigma
19 The Clark Interregnum
20 Greek Tragedy: John Turner
Our Times
21 Geoffrey Stevens: The Accidental Correspondent
22 Marjorie Nichols: Defying the Odds
23 Michel Vastel: Fear and Loathing
24 Jeffrey Simpson: The Long Distance Runner
PART III
Defining Moments
25 Stephen Harper: News Manager-in-Chief
26 Celebrity Journalism: Twelve Steps to Stardom
27 The Making of News
28 Taking a Stand
28 Close Quarters on the Hill
30 In Conclusion: Truth and Consequences
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 24.10.2018 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Bibliography; Index; 20 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 594 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4597-4264-8 / 1459742648 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4597-4264-2 / 9781459742642 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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