No comments about Sob Sister Journalism: (Contributions to the Study of Mass Media and Communications).

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1 comments about America Inside Out.

1. David Schoenbrun was one of the most distinguished print and television journalists of his generation. In this work he surveys fifty years of American history, from the Roosevelt to the Reagan Administrations. He was a correspondent in the Depression and through the Second World War, through Truman and Eisenhower administrations. With the coming into power of Kennedy he was transferred by CBS from Paris where he had long been Bureau Head of CBS to the biggest beat of all, Washington.
   Schoenbrun tells of dramatic meetings with leaders from DeGaulle and HoChiMinh in his early Paris days to Kennedy and Johnson later on. A patriotic American who fought in the second world war he found himself strongly criticized for his negative reports on the Vietnam War.
   In this work he sets out his journalistic credo which he learned from the great Edward R. Murrow.This means first of all studying and knowing one's subject thoroughly. And secondly, it means getting to all the sources, all the people that can provide key information on the subject. It also means expressing the truth of the situation no matter what authority or power it might offend.
   Schoenbrun is a good and fluent writer, who provides anecdotes of interest on every page. He confesses that he sometimes made the journalistic error of working to be a participant in the making of history, and not simply a reporter of it. For instance he tells how Chip Bohlen was appointed US Ambassador to Paris after he suggested this to President Kennedy. And he tells of how he vainly tried to convince the French about the futility of their efforts in Vietnam.
   Schoenbrun was a great supporter of the New Deal, and found himself opposing many Reagan policies which he thought were aimed at taking this apart.
   He is warm in his appreciation of professional colleagues like Murrow, Howard K. Smith and producer Don Hewitt. He is less so about Fred Friendly, and the latter- stage William Paley.
   Schoenbrun's book is not simply an excellent book of journalism it is a fascinating tour through half a century of American history.
   I very much enjoyed it.

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5 comments about Stealing Love: Confessions of a Dognapper--A Memoir.

1. Ok, so I had just finished reading Marley & Me and was looking in the dog section for another book to make me laugh & cry, and of course be about dogs...So I read the brief description on the inside cover...I thought this book would be hilarious, how can you resist a professional woman dognapping to save dogs lives...well how disappointing. I suffered through the entire, dreadfully long, 267 pages, and it was all about her screwed up family life...basically blaming that for everything wrong in her life. If I was looking for a book about mental disease & depression it would have been ok I guess, but man, she didn't talk about dognapping until chapter 32!!!!!! Chapters 32, 33 & 35 are what I was looking for, but they were of course the smallest chapters. I am not sure why this book is in the dog section, it should be in the self-help section. Very dissapointed that I spent $23 on this book. I was so happy to be finished with it.



2. the cover and title of this book are VERY misleading! this book was more about mental illness than it was about dognapping...Not a bad book just not what i expected.



3. Not so much about the dognapping, but more about the author's life growing up and why she does what she does, but for anyone with any compassion in their soul, a great read. I highly recommend it!



4. Stealing Love is not about dognapping but a semi-interesting memior of the authors life. A big pat on the back for her career. Not until Chapter 32 does she talk about rescuing neglected dogs, and then it is only casually mentioned. A huge let down for what I expected this book to be.



5. What's that old saying? "Never judge a book by its cover." I bought this book because I was looking for a good story about animals, and was intrigued by the idea of someone taking the law into their own hands for the sake of our innocent animal friends. Unfortunately, except for a few short pages at the end, it wasn't about that at all. This book should NOT be in the Pets section at the book store!

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1 comments about The Autobiography of Lincoln Steffens, Volume I: A Boy on Horseback/Seeing New York First.

1. I have read this book 3 times. 1979, 1986, and 1996. This book brings an exciting perspective to a time in history not well known by the average person. As well it gives political insight of corruption and mudslinging that existed well before the 1990's. The book is quite long, but never dull. I read it first right before college, and it influenced me to major in history/PoliSci.