One Scandalous Story: Clinton, Lewinsky, and Thirteen Days That Tarnished American Journalism
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CBS News
A great book by a great reporter.
Donna E. Shalala
President of the University of Miami
Only a world-class journalist could dissect his own profession's reporting of the messy scandal that ruined a presidency....This is a brilliant, unsettling book.
Tom Brokaw
NBC News
Marvin Kalb has given us a richly detailed and provocative account of one of the most tumultuous times in modern American journalism. It is a cautionary tale, told in a compelling narrative. I hope every editor and journalist will read it -- even if they disagree with many of its conclusions.
Mike McCurry
CEO of Grassroots Enterprise, former White House Press Secretary
Marvin Kalb understands how the Lewinsky story stained everyone, but his compelling argument about rethinking the rhythms of the twenty-four-hour news cycle is the two-by-four across the forehead that our political information establishment has needed for some time.
Judy Woodruff
CNN Anchor and Senior Correspondent
Ouch! No one in the Washington press corps -- print or television or radio -- escapes the laser eye and X-ray analysis of Marvin Kalb. If there was a lingering question about whether the national news media have wandered off familiar territory and on to explosively unpredictable ground, thereby redefining themselves, this book removes all doubt.
Tom Brokaw NBC News Marvin Kalb has given us a richly detailed and provocative account of one of the most tumultuous times in modern American journalism. It is a cautionary tale, told in a compelling narrative. I hope every editor and journalist will read it -- even if they disagree with many of its conclusions.
Dan Rather CBS News A great book by a great reporter.
Judy Woodruff CNN Anchor and Senior Correspondent Ouch! No one in the Washington press corps -- print or television or radio -- escapes the laser eye and X-ray analysis of Marvin Kalb. If there was a lingering question about whether the national news media have wandered off familiar territory and on to explosively unpredictable ground, thereby redefining themselves, this book removes all doubt.
Robert D. Putnam Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University, author of "Bowling Alone" If you're concerned about the quality of American journalism and what it's doing to our politics, this blow-by-blow account of how the media covered the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal will confirm your worst fears. If you're not, you should be, and this book explains why.
Donna E. Shalala President of the University of Miami Only a world-class journalist could dissect his own profession's reporting of the messy scandal that ruined a presidency....This is a brilliant, unsettling book.
Mike McCurry CEO of Grassroots Enterprise, former White House Press Secretary Marvin Kalb understands how the Lewinsky story stained everyone, but his compelling argument about rethinking the rhythms of the twenty-four-hour news cycle is the two-by-four across the forehead that our political information establishment has needed for some time.
Tom Rosenstiel Director of the Project for Excellence in Journalism, coauthor of "The Elements of Journalism" An authoritative day-by-day account of how journalism is made, "One Scandalous Story" will be a valuable asset to our understanding of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal for years to come.
Norman Ornstein Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute Using a fresh and unorthodox framework, Marvin Kalb takes us inside the press corps during the Monica Lewinsky scandal. It isn't pretty. In this brilliant and insightful book, no one comes out well, but journalists and journalism perhaps the worst of all. This book is must reading for every aspiring journalist, everyone practicing the profession, and anyone concerned about the role of the press in a free society.
Stephen Hess Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, author of News & Newsmaking I cannot imagine anyone teaching (or understanding) journalism today without the aid of Marvin Kalb's "One Scandalous Story." Kalb is a great storyteller and he has chosen a fascinating story to illustrate how the American news business operates -- and what has gone wrong.
