Liberty and the News / / Walter Lippmann.
Liberty and the News is Walter Lippman's classic account of how the press threatens democracy whenever it has an agenda other than the free flow of ideas. Arguing that there is a necessary connection between liberty and truth, Lippman excoriates the press, claiming that it exists primarily for...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The James Madison Library in American Politics ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (120 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- General Editor's Introduction -- Foreword -- 1. Journalism and the Higher Law -- 2. What Modern Liberty Means -- 3. Liberty and the News -- Afterword -- Index |
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| Summary: | Liberty and the News is Walter Lippman's classic account of how the press threatens democracy whenever it has an agenda other than the free flow of ideas. Arguing that there is a necessary connection between liberty and truth, Lippman excoriates the press, claiming that it exists primarily for its own purposes and agendas and only incidentally to promote the honest interplay of facts and ideas. In response, Lippman sought to imagine a better way of cultivating the news. A brilliant essay on a persistent problem of American democracy, Liberty and the News is still powerfully relevant despite the development of countless news sources unimagined when Lippman first published it in 1920. The problems he identifies--the self-importance of the press, the corrosion of rumors and innuendo, and the spinning of the news by political powers--are still with us, and they still threaten liberty. By focusing on the direct and necessary connection between liberty and truth, Lippmann's work helps to clarify one of the most pressing predicaments of American democracy today. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9781400824496 9783110442502 9783110784237 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9781400824496?locatt=mode:legacy |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Walter Lippmann. |