The history of the press gallery is rich in anecdotes about the people on Parliament Hill who have covered 23 prime ministers and 42 elections in the past 150 years.
Mining the archives and his own interviews, Robert Lewis turns the spotlight on the watchers, including reporters who got too close to power and others who kept their distance.
The Riel Rebellion, the Pacific Scandal, two world wars, the Depression, women's liberation, Quebec separatism, and terrorism are all part of the sweeping background to this lively account of how the news gets made, manipulated, and, sometimes mangled. Since Watergate, press gallery coverage has become more confrontational — a fact, Lewis argues, that fails Canadian democracy.
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- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2018.
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- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 070.4/49320971
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
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- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
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- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 9781459742659 9781459742642
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- PN4751
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- L48 2018eb
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- 1 electronic text (375 pages)
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- Ottawa, Ontario
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- CaOOCEL
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- (CaBNVSL)kck00239337 (OCoLC)1060588449 (CaOOCEL)479307
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Table of Contents
- Contents 9
- Prologue New Boy on the Hill 11
- Part I Days of Yore 29
- Chapter 1 In the Beginning 31
- Chapter 2 Dafoe and Willison: The Godfathers 41
- Chapter 3 The Boys’ Club and the Women who Broke the Ban 57
- Part II The Happy Warriors 75
- Chapter 4 Grattan O’leary: Forever Tory 77
- Chapter 5 Grant Dexter: Forever Grit 86
- Part III The Pearson Era 99
- Chapter 6 Blair Fraser: The Don 101
- Chapter 7 Bruce Hutchison: The Dean 109
- Part IV Covering Dief the Chief 119
- Chapter 8 Clark Davey: On the Rails to Victory 121
- Chapter 9 Peter Dempson: A Last Hurrah 126
- Chapter 10 Clement Brown: Dief and the French Fact 135
- Part V Their Times 139
- Chapter 11 Amédée Gaudreault: Scoop Artiste 141
- Chapter 12 The Gang of Six 146
- Part VI Enter the Broadcasters 167
- Chapter 13 Tom Earle: Gentleman Pioneer 169
- Chapter 14 Norman Depoe: The Gold Standard 176
- Part VII Triple Play 185
- Chapter 15 Peter C. Newman: Court Jester to Power 187
- Chapter 16 Anthony Westell: The Contrarian 198
- Chapter 17 Richard Gwyn: The Reporter 208
- Part VIII My Time 215
- Chapter 18 The Trudeau Enigma 217
- Chapter 19 The Clark Interregnum 226
- Chapter 20 John Turner: Greek Tragedy 232
- Part IX Our Times 237
- Chapter 21 Geoffrey Stevens: Accidental Correspondent 239
- Chapter 22 Marjorie Nichols: Defying the Odds 244
- Chapter 23 Michel Vastel: Fear and Loathing 251
- Chapter 24 Jeffrey Simpson: the Long-Distance Runner 257
- Part X Defining Moments 273
- Chapter 25 Stephen Harper: News-Manager-In-Chief 275
- Chapter 26 Celebrity Journalism: Twelve Feet to Stardom 289
- Chapter 27 The Making of News 303
- Chapter 28 Taking a Stand 312
- Chapter 29 Close Quarters on the Hill 319
- Chapter 30 In Conclusion: Truth and Consequences 327
- Acknowledgements 345
- Sources 347
- Bibliography 349
- Image Credits 357
- Index 359
- Book Credits 378