Title: Over the wire and on TV :
Authors: Robinson, Michael J.; Sheehan, Margaret A.,
Date: 1983
Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation :
Physical description: xv, 332 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC class: P
Contents: Carter's day : "He'd rather not have been in Philadelphia" -- Press watching in campaign '80 : hows and whys -- Objectivity : most objections overruled -- Access : equal time for equal actors -- Fairness : network fear of flacking -- Seriousness : more is less -- Comprehensiveness : "losing" the Vice-Presidency and the Congress -- Covering the "official" Presidency : "Prime-time" Minister -- Old news, new media : hard-core comparisons -- Explaining the differences : four theories of press behavior -- Implications for candidates and the press : coping with each other -- Implications for us all : are we what we eat? -- Reprise : reviewing the day's top stories.