Dish:
How Gossip Became the News and the News Became Just Another Show
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Word Count
96,000 words, Guess
Page Count
384 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7435461M
- ISBN-139780380810451
- ISBN-10038081045X
- OCLC Control Number46081864
- OCLC Control Numberdishhowgossipbec0000wall
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2008277380
- Goodreads25453
- LibraryThing3492379
Classifications
- LCCP96.G65 W35 2001
Description
Walls examines the history of gossip, including the 1950s show, Night Beat with Mike Wallace, the National Enquirer, Confidential magazine, People magazine, the power of publicists, the power of rumors, presidential foibles, and such writers as Matt Drudge.
First Sentence
"My reaction to having our speaker today at the National Press Club was the same as a lot of other members" Doug Harbrecht, the club's president and Business Week's Washington bureau chief, told the two hundred journalist gathered before him on the after of June 2, 1998.
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