{"product_id":"the-powers-that-be-9780252069413","title":"The Powers That Be","description":"Crackling with the personalities, conflicts, and ambitions that transformed the media from something that followed the news to something that formed it, \u003ci\u003eThe Powers That Be\u003c\/i\u003e is David Halberstam's forceful account of the rise of modern media as an instrument of political power, published here with a new introduction by the author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning with FDR's masterful use of radio to establish the sense of a personal, benevolently paternal relationship with the American people and culminating in the discovery and coverage of the Watergate break-in, Halberstam tracks the firm establishment of the media as a potent means of shaping both public opinion and public policy. He tells the story through vivid, intimate portraits of the men, women, and politics behind four key media organizations: CBS and its board chairman William S. Paley; Time magazine and its cofounder Henry Luce; the Washington Post and successive publishers Philip Graham and his wife, Katherine; and the Los Angeles Times and publishers Norman Chandler and his son, Otis. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252069413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 792\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.31h x 6.05w x 1.64d","brand":"David Halberstam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075419308213,"sku":"9780252069413","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_abf937c7-2e44-40f2-8ab1-d57ea410f9fd.jpg?v=1691465561","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-powers-that-be-9780252069413","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}