{"product_id":"powers-that-be","title":"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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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  ","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54220812157272,"sku":"9780252069413","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/powers-that-be","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}