Hope and Fear in Washington (The Early Seventies); The Story of the Washington Press Corps

Maggi Castelloe (Photographs) New York, N.Y. The Dial Press, 1975. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 254, [8] pages. Includes more than 30 black and white photographs by Maggi Castelloe. Laid in are two approximately 5 inch by 7.25 inch black and white captioned Maggi Casetlloe photographs from the book, one of Bob Pierpoint at the White House and the other of Eric Severeid and his daughter Christina. Also laid in is a News from The Dial Press release on the book, its author and the photographer, an associated bookmark, and a half-page sheet with a quotation from a New York Times executive praising the book. DJ has some wsear and soiling. In the early seventies, when the press and the president were at war, the journalists became superstars. The cast includes: Joseph Alsop, Stewart Alsop, Jack Anderson, Johnny Paale, Carl Bernstein, Ben Bradlee, Art Buchwald, Maxine Cheshire, Roland Evans, Soma Golden, Bernard Kalb, Marvin Kalb, Douglas Kiker, the Reverend Lester Kinsolving, Clark Mollenhoff, Robert Novak, Bob Pierpoint, Sally Quinn, Dan Rather, James Reston, Harry Rosenfield, Carl Rowen, Eric Sevareid, Eileen Shanahan, Lawrence Spivak, Susan Stamberg, Helen Thomas, Sander Vanocur, Mike Waters, Bob Woodward, and others. Derived from a Kirkus review: A former New York Times reporter looks at the personalities of the elite within the Washington press corps. "In order to more nearly understand the news from Washington," Collier writes, "you must more nearly understand the life of the person who tells you what the news may be. News is a point of view. What's news to me may not be news to you." Amen. Collier does hit the mark and the vignettes are quite telling. He dissects Washington Post interviewer Sally Quinn; Sander Vanocur, who got too close to the Kennedys to maintain his journalistic detachment and is now genteelly down and out; Art Buchwald, whose unhappy childhood is so at odds with his present zany image and satiric bent; and investigative reporter Clark Mollenhoff's seduction into politics. Collier's story of his own attempt to become a television reporter is priceless (he flopped his TV screen test). There is a tremendous amount of flashes that are really good. Condition: Very good / Good.

Keywords: Journalists, Joseph Alsop, Stewart Alsop, Jack Anderson, Carl Bernstein, Ben Bradlee, Art Buchwald, Maxine Cheshire, Roland Evans, Bernard Kalb, Marvin Kalb, Douglas Kiker, Clark Mollenhoff, Robert Novak, Bob Pierpoint, Sally Quinn, Dan Rather, James

ISBN: 0803753756

[Book #81681]

Price: $60.00

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