{"product_id":"liberty-and-the-news-hardcover","title":"Liberty and the News: A Study in Journalism and Democracy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWalter Lippmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst published in 1920, \u003cem\u003eLiberty and the News\u003c\/em\u003e is Walter Lippmann's foundational examination of journalism, truth, and democratic responsibility in the modern state.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in the aftermath of the First World War, Lippmann confronts the widening gap between events and their public representation. He argues that democratic governance depends not merely on freedom of speech, but on the reliability and integrity of information itself. When the press fails to distinguish fact from distortion, the consequences extend beyond individual error to structural weakness within democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnticipating themes he would later develop in \u003cem\u003ePublic Opinion\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Phantom Public\u003c\/em\u003e, Lippmann offers a disciplined critique of both journalistic practice and public expectation. Concise yet analytically rigorous, \u003cem\u003eLiberty and the News\u003c\/em\u003e remains a central document in the intellectual history of media ethics and political theory. This Wilder Publications edition presents the text in a clean and carefully prepared modern format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 56\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44458793435187,"sku":"9781515449447","price":76.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/rIVIVFi9bO9781515449447.webp?v=1783578223","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/liberty-and-the-news-hardcover","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}