The Powers That Be
<b>A Pulitzer Prize winner’s in-depth look at four media-business giants: CBS-TV, <i>Time </i>magazine, the <i>Washington Post</i>, and the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>.</b><br /><br /> In this fascinating <i>New York Times</i> bestseller, the author of <i>The Best and the Brightest</i>, <i>The Fifties</i>, and other acclaimed histories turns his investigative eye to the rise of the American media in the twentieth century.<br />  <br /> Focusing on the successes and failures of CBS Television, <i>Time</i> magazine, the <i>Washington Post</i>, and the <i>Los Angeles Times</i>, David Halberstam paints a portrait of the era when large, powerful mainstream media sources emerged as a force, showing how they shifted from simply reporting the news to becoming a part of it. By examining landmark events such as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s masterful use of the radio and the unprecedented coverage of the Watergate break-in, Halberstam demonstrates how print and broadcast media as a whole became a player in society and helped shape public policy.<br />  <br /> Drawn from hundreds of exhaustive interviews with insiders at each company, and hailed by the<i> Seattle Times</i> as “a monumental X-ray study of power,” <i>The Powers That Be</i> reveals the tugs-of-war between political ambition and the quest for truth in a page-turning read.<br />  <i>This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.</i>