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Klappentext "Investigated Reporting is Chad Raphael's ambitious exploration of the relationship between journalism and regulation during American television's first sustained period of muckraking! between 1960 and 1975. Offering new and important insights into the economic! political! and industrial forces that shaped documentaries such as "Harvest of Shame! Hunger in America! and Banks and the Poor! Raphael puts investigative television documentary into its institutional! regulatory! and cultural context. Those who see investigative reporting as a watchdog on government will be surprised to find that these controversial reports relied heavily on official sources for inspiration! information! and regulatory protection from muckraking's critics. Based on superb historical research using primary sources. Including recently opened papers from the Nixon White House! Raphael exposes the complex play of influence through which investigative documentaries were both shaped and attacked by government officials! and highlights the troubling legacy for contemporary regulation of television news. Zusammenfassung Triple Award Winner: 2006 History Division Book Award of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2006 Frank Luther Mott/Kappa Tau Alpha Communications Award, and 2005 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research
