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Discussion Questions

Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism

1. What important stories in our own times have the press under-reported or neglected?

2. What lessons about the role of the press in wartime have we had to learn again and again, from one war to the next?

3. What can we learn from the failures of the press, in certain wars, to fulfil its responsibility to inform the people about government threats to liberty?

4. As citizens of a democratic society, how does our own responsibility supplement the responsibility of the press to keep us informed?

Reporting the War: Freedom of the Press from the American Revolution to the War on Terrorism
by John Byrne Cooke

  • Publication Date: November 11, 2008
  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
  • ISBN-10: 0230608078
  • ISBN-13: 9780230608078