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Chargement... Diaries, 1949-1959 (édition 1974)par Drew Pearson, Tyler Abell (Directeur de publication)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Diary collection by the well-known Washington columnist. One flaw -- which may be tied to the originals -- is that there are some significant time-gaps, gaps during which some interesting things might have happened. One surprising fact that comes out is that for all Pearson was regularly reviled in Washington, he seems to have done a lot of back-channel discussions, at least with the Democrats (he has next to nothing, save for Arthur Vandenburg, nice to say about the GOP). There's not quite as much as one would expect about Joe McCarthy, with whom Pearson had a nasty relationship. Pretty interesting read. ( )
This is the first volume of the long-awaited diaries, edited by the columnist's stepson and a battery of publishers' lawyers. The excisions, Abell assures, are ""not from the viewpoint of what will hurt people, but what might hurt the public good."" He adds that ""future scholars will have the opportunity to go to the original."" In spite of this irritating and contemptuous attitude, the diary remains an important historical document, an eyewitness account by an astute and knowledgeable observer of American affairs. Pearson considered himself God's own chosen defender of democracy, and his egoism reveals itself frequently. He was not above blackmail, blatant conflict-of-interest, and skulduggery of the Hecht-MacArthur school of journalism, but very little of this is suggested in the diaries (Pearson is beautifully dissected in Oliver Pilat's recent biography Drew Pearson). Reporting alone never satisfied him. He had to make news, too. His power to affect politicians' decisions was formidable. His nose for news was uncanny (he suddenly decided to go to Dallas the day Kennedy was assassinated)....
Andrew Russell "Drew" Pearson (December 13, 1897 – September 1, 1969) was one of the best-known American columnists of his day, noted for his syndicated newspaper column "Washington Merry-Go-Round," in which he attacked various public persons. He also had a program on NBC Radio entitled Drew Pearson Comments. Pearson traveled to Japan, China, New Zealand, Australia, India, and Serbia, and persuaded several newspapers to buy articles about his travels. He was also commissioned by the American “Around the World Syndicate” to produce a set of interviews entitled “Europe’s Twelve Greatest Men.” From 1925 to 1928, Pearson continued reporting on international events, including strikes in China, the Geneva Naval Conference, the Pan-American Conference in Havana, and the signing of the Kellogg-Briand Pact in Paris. In 1929 he became the Washington correspondent for The Baltimore Sun. However, in 1931 and 1932, with Robert S. Allen, he anonymously published a book called Washington Merry-Go-Round and its sequel. When the Sun discovered Pearson had co-authored these books, he was promptly fired. Late in 1932, Pearson and Allen secured a contract with the Scripps–Howard syndicate, United Features, to syndicate a column called “Washington Merry-Go-Round.” From 1935 to 1936, Allen and Pearson broadcast a 15-minute program twice a week on the Mutual Broadcasting System. Pearson continued alone on NBC with Drew Pearson Comments from 1941 to 1953 for a variety of sponsors (Serutan, Nutrex, Lee Hats, Adam Hats). His commentary was broadcast through 1968 on the now-defunct Intermountain Network. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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