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Out of Order by Thomas E. Patterson

Out of Order

An incisive and boldly original critique of the news media’s domination of America’s political process

An incisive and boldly original critique of the news media’s domination of Ameri

By Thomas E. Patterson

By Thomas E. Patterson

By Thomas E. Patterson

By Thomas E. Patterson

Paperback $17.95

Aug 02, 1994 | 336 Pages

Ebook $8.99

Jan 12, 2011 | 336 Pages

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    About Out of Order

    Why are our politicians almost universally perceived as liars? What made candidate Bill Clinton’s draft record more newsworthy than his policy statements? How did George Bush’s masculinity, Ronald Reagan’s theatrics with a microphone, and Walter Mondale’s appropriation of a Wendy’s hamburger ad make or break their presidential campaigns?

    Ever since Watergate, says Thomas E. Patterson, the road to the presidency has led through the newsrooms, which in turn impose their own values on American politics. The results are campaigns that resemble inquisitions or contests in which the candidates’ game plans are considered more important than their goals. Lucid and aphoristic, historically informed and as timely as a satellite feed, Out of Order mounts a devastating inquest into the press’s hijacking of the campaign process — and shows what citizens and legislators can do to win it back.

    About Out of Order

    Why are our politicians almost universally perceived as liars? What made candidate Bill Clinton’s draft record more newsworthy than his policy statements? How did George Bush’s masculinity, Ronald Reagan’s theatrics with a microphone, and Walter Mondale’s appropriation of a Wendy’s hamburger ad make or break their presidential campaigns?

    Ever since Watergate, says Thomas E. Patterson, the road to the presidency has led through the newsrooms, which in turn impose their own values on American politics. The results are campaigns that resemble inquisitions or contests in which the candidates’ game plans are considered more important than their goals. Lucid and aphoristic, historically informed and as timely as a satellite feed, Out of Order mounts a devastating inquest into the press’s hijacking of the campaign process — and shows what citizens and legislators can do to win it back.


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    About Thomas E. Patterson

    Thomas E. Patterson is the Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. For many years he taught at Syracuse University. He is the author of several books on politics and the media,… More about Thomas E. Patterson

    About Thomas E. Patterson

    Thomas E. Patterson is the Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. For many years he taught at Syracuse University. He is the author of several books on politics and the media,… More about Thomas E. Patterson

    Product Details

    Category: Domestic Politics | 20th Century U.S. History

    Paperback | $17.95
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 02, 1994 | 336 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679755104

    Category: Domestic Politics | 20th Century U.S. History

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Vintage
    Jan 12, 2011 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9780307761491

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    Praise

    "Out of Order pulls no punches. It is a serious, challenging, controversial critique of the press as an 800-pound gorilla, an increasingly arrogant player in presidential campaigning." — Marvin Kalb, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University


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