TY  - BOOK
AU  - Flink,Stanley E.
TI  - Sentinel under siege: the triumphs and troubles of America's free press 
SN  - 081333344X
AV  - PN4738. F58 1997
U1  - 323.4450973 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - Boulder, Colo.
PB  - Westview Press
KW  - Freedom of the press
KW  - United States
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-308) and index; Introduction -- In search of a role -- The press and the law -- Malice without wit -- Pomp and provenance -- Practicing freedom -- The limits of liberty -- Crafting a constitution -- Safeguarding liberty -- Enlarging the Fourth Estate -- The bloodiest war -- The bottom lines -- Turning away -- The First and the Fourteenth -- The news business -- Toward professionalism -- Trash and flash -- The is and the ought -- The critics -- Fear and loathing -- The weight of obligations -- The paradox of self-government -- Libel and liability -- Free as the air -- Training the watchdogs -- Epiloque : Pathfinding
ER  -