Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: Liberal Values, Not Liberal Bias 1
4. 1. Opening the Door to Interpretation 23
5. 2. Objectivity and the Right: A Worthy Ideal Abandoned 45
6. 3. Objectivity and the Left: An Ideal Worth Abandoning 77
7. 4. The Reader-Oriented Newspaper 111
8. 5. Minorities and Women in the Newsroom: A Two-Pronged Struggle 149
9. 6. The Press and the Powerful: From Allies to Adversaries 184
10. 7. American Journalism and Its Values, 1980–2018: Validation, Devastation, Alteration 219
11. Notes 255
12. Acknowledgments 311
13. Index 315