The chilling effect of politics: CBS news and documentaries during the fin-syn debate in the reagan years

American Journalism

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 69-97

  Mascaro, Thomas A ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84981543679     PISSN: 08821127     EISSN: 23262486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08821127.2005.10677981     Document Type: Article

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