Authors: David Folkenflik
Walker, Scott,
220â221
Wall Street Journal
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A-hed as defining element,
211
,
217
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“Can we believe the presidential polls?” (Rove),
257
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changes under Thomson/R. Murdoch/Baker,
211â212
,
214â225
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China cover-up article leads to retaliation against
WSJ
,
289â290
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cuts costs by working with Dow Jones,
134
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editorials skeptical about climate change,
98â99
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investigates inconsistencies in Milly Dowler story,
231â234
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with largest paid US circulation,
281
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publishes Orwall interview of R. Murdoch,
227â228
,
232â233
,
234
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schadenfreude editorial blames tabloid scandal on police, newspaper rivals,
229â230
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shapes currents within Republican Party,
2
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Special Committee for journalistic integrity,
213â214
,
230â231
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Wendi Deng's story,
49
Wallace, Chris,
66
,
70
,
81â82
,
114
,
262â263
Wallace, Jay,
86
Wallis, Neil,
174â176
Walters, Barbara,
113
Washington Post
,
66â67
,
104
,
225
Watson, Tom
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book about News International,
293
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criticizes Coulson,
162
,
171
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at News Corp shareholders meeting,
241
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parliamentary hearings and conclusions,
203â207
,
243
,
277
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speaks out against phone hacking,
137
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aftermath of parliamentary conclusions,
293
Weekend Edition Saturday
program of NPR,
106
White, Mary Jo,
208
Whitlam, Gough,
21
Whittingdale, John,
197
,
202
,
207
,
277
Wilkes, Giles,
156
Williams, Juan, controversy,
102â114
Wireless Generation,
224â225
Wisconsin union protests of 2011,
220â221
,
224
Witherow, John,
244
Woodward, Bob,
252
Wootton, Mark,
91
World Cup games host decision (2010),
188
Wright, Jeremiah,
78
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Wall Street Journal
Yacktman, Don,
279
Yates, John
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dismisses hacking allegations and police payments,
129
,
172â175
,
187â188
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downplays payments to police for information,
166â167
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resigns,
176
Zahn, Paula,
65
Zweifach, Gerson,
273
STEPHEN VOSS
Award-winning journalist D
AVID
F
OLKENFLIK
has been NPR's media correspondent since 2004. He previously covered media and politics for the
Baltimore Sun
and edited the 2011 book,
Page One: Inside The New York Times and the Future of Journalism
. He has covered Murdoch and News Corp extensively and has been a frequent commentator on the hacking scandal in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Folkenflik lives with his wife, the radio producer Jesse Baker, and their daughter in New York City.
PublicAffairs is a publishing house founded in 1997. It is a tribute to the standards, values, and flair of three persons who have served as mentors to countless reporters, writers, editors, and book people of all kinds, including me.
I. F. S
TONE
, proprietor of
I. F. Stone's Weekly
, combined a commitment to the First Amendment with entrepreneurial zeal and reporting skill and became one of the great independent journalists in American history. At the age of eighty, Izzy published
The Trial of Socrates
, which was a national bestseller. He wrote the book after he taught himself ancient Greek.
B
ENJAMIN
C. B
RADLEE
was for nearly thirty years the charismatic editorial leader of
The Washington Post
. It was Ben who gave the
Post
the range and courage to pursue such historic issues as Watergate. He supported his reporters with a tenacity that made them fearless and it is no accident that so many became authors of influential, best-selling books.
R
OBERT
L. B
ERNSTEIN
, the chief executive of Random House for more than a quarter century, guided one of the nation's premier publishing houses. Bob was personally responsible for many books of political dissent and argument that challenged tyranny around the globe. He is also the founder and longtime chair of Human Rights Watch, one of the most respected human rights organizations in the world.
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For fifty years, the banner of Public Affairs Press was carried by its owner Morris B. Schnapper, who published Gandhi, Nasser, Toynbee, Truman, and about 1,500 other authors. In 1983, Schnapper was described by
The Washington Post
as “a redoubtable gadfly.” His legacy will endure in the books to come.
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