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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 973 EAN: 9780691134802 ISBN: 0691134804 Label: Princeton University Press Manufacturer: Princeton University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 120 Publication Date: October 01, 2007 Publisher: Princeton University Press Studio: Princeton University Press Related Items:
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 Rating: - The Creation of Independent Information....This is a short book reissued by the Princeton University Press 88 years after its original publication. Lippmann argues for information that is honest, not created out of dishonesty and untruth. In current day terms, Lippmann favors information without spin. He argues also for journalism and journalists to be professional, and for the information they dispense to be fact, not fiction. A fiery afterword by journalist and former White House adviser, Sidney Blumenthal, derides journalism ... Read More 
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