When the Press Fails and Succeeds (2007)
Louisiana Book Talks
Details
Collection:LPB
Genre: Panel
Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority
Date Issued: 2007-11-03
Duration: 00:29:17
Subjects: Louisiana Book Festival | Journalism | Press | Iraq War, 2003-2011 | Hurricane Katrina, 2005 | Bennett, W. Lance | Authors
Contributors:
- Mann, Bob Moderator
- Bennett, W. Lance Panelist
- Tiner, Stan Panelist
Description
This “Louisiana Book Talk” from the Louisiana Book Festival in Baton Rouge on November 3, 2007, features Robert Mann of the LSU Manship School of Mass Communication moderating a panel discussion on “When the Press Fails and Succeeds.” The panelists are Dr. W. Lance Bennett, the author of “When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina” and Stan Tiner, the executive director of the “The Sun Herald” newspaper in Biloxi, Mississippi. They discuss: the news media’s failure in covering the War in Iraq; how reporters deal with spin; the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal; and the coverage of Hurricane Katrina at the national and local level.