{"product_id":"9781453286098","title":"The Powers That Be: How the Media Changed America","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Pulitzer Prize winner’s in-depth look at four media-business giants: CBS-TV, \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this fascinating \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller, the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Best and the Brightest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Fifties\u003c\/i\u003e, and other acclaimed histories turns his investigative eye to the rise of the American media in the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Focusing on the successes and failures of CBS Television, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Drawn from hundreds of exhaustive interviews with insiders at each company, and hailed by the\u003ci\u003e Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e as “a monumental X-ray study of power,” \u003ci\u003eThe Powers That Be\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the tugs-of-war between political ambition and the quest for truth in a page-turning read.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003eThis ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164476162288,"sku":"9781453286098","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453286098_p0.jpg?v=1769907196","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453286098","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}