By Chris Burnett Greenberg, David. The Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency (2016) New York: W.W. Norton & Company, $18.95, 540 pages. In The Republic of Spin, historian David Greenberg provides the reader with a comprehensive summary and analysis of the development of public relations techniques used by U.S. presidents since the turn of the … [Read more...] about Spinning presidential yarns
GJR book review: Is he what Ailes the media? Writer peels curtain back on Fox News chairman
Roger Ailes: Off Camera Author: Zev Chafets Publisher: Penguin Books Hardcover: $26.95, 258 pages Roger Ailes, chairman of Fox News, is a man the media industry has learned to take seriously, even fear. Though much less well-known to the public than his boss, Rupert Murdoch, his considerable talent and work ethic is responsible for building Fox into the undisputed leader … [Read more...] about GJR book review: Is he what Ailes the media? Writer peels curtain back on Fox News chairman
GJR book review: ‘This Town’ offers no prescription for reforming America’s gilded capital
'Mark Leibovich. This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral – Plus Plenty of Valet Parking – in America’s Gilded Capital (2013) New York: Blue Rider Press, a Member of the Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 371 pages By Chris Burnett The funerals of Tim Russert, longtime host of “Meet the Press,” and Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat and adviser to Democratic presidents, … [Read more...] about GJR book review: ‘This Town’ offers no prescription for reforming America’s gilded capital