The television networks nightly news coverage of the 1972 Presidential campaign was examined between July 10 and November 6, 1972 to assess the nature and impact of political bias in news coverage. The campaign news coverage of two newspapers and one wire service was also compared with respect to the content and length of each medium's news about…

Addressing the question of the usefulness of the concept of New Journalism, this study also seeks to define the essential characteristics of New Journalism and to determine whether, in fact, there is such a thing. The first chapter reviews the critical literature of New Journalism, sorting out some of the many uses of the term, then narrowing the…

Intended as an appraisal of A. J. Liebling's performance as a critic of the press, this study examines Liebling's career and analyzes his criticism for both quantity and quality. Following a brief biography, contents include "The Wayward Press"--also the title of his column published in "The New Yorker" from 1935 to 1963--which describes…