The Powers That Be

A Pulitzer Prize winner’s in-depth look at four media-business giants: CBS-TV,

Time

magazine, the

Washington Post

, and the

Los Angeles Times

.

In this fascinating

New York Times

bestseller, the author of

The Best and the Brightest

,

The Fifties

, and other acclaimed histories turns his investigative eye to the rise of the American media in the twentieth century.   Focusing on the successes and failures of CBS Television,

Time

magazine, the

Washington Post

, and the

Los Angeles Times

, David Halberstam paints a portrait of the era when large, powerful mainstream media sources emerged as a force, showing how they shifted from simply reporting the news to becoming a part of it. By examining landmark events such as Franklin D. Roosevelt’s masterful use of the radio and the unprecedented coverage of the Watergate break-in, Halberstam demonstrates how print and broadcast media as a whole became a player in society and helped shape public policy.   Drawn from hundreds of exhaustive interviews with insiders at each company, and hailed by the

Seattle Times

as “a monumental X-ray study of power,”

The Powers That Be

reveals the tugs-of-war between political ambition and the quest for truth in a page-turning read.  

This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam.