When the Press Fails: Political Power and the News Media from Iraq to Katrina 
(Studies in Communication, Media, and Public Opinion) By W. Lance Bennett, Regina G. Lawrence, Steven Livingston
Publisher:   University Of Chicago Press 2007 | 278 Pages | ISBN: 0226042847 | PDF | 1.1 MB
A sobering look at the intimate relationship between political power and the news media, When the Press Fails argues the dependence of reporters on official sources disastrously thwarts coverage of dissenting voices from outside the Beltway…