The close relationship between newsmaking and the government has become a hot contemporary topic, due in large part to news coverage of U.S. involved wars as well as the American political process. In Governing the News, Timothy E. Cook examines the interrelationship between the U.S. government and the news media, particularly newspapers. Cook's analysis focuses on developing a theory of how the interconnectivity between the American news media and the U.S. government came about, and why it continues to this day. His major argument is that "politics and policy have been and are today central shapers of news organizations, practices, formats, and content" (17). Cook's main interest is explaining how the news media and news products are shaped by the government. Cook has excellent credentials to author this kind of study. He is a professor of political science at Williams College and has authored and co-authored other books on the connection between the press and politics in the U.S.
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