City of Newsmen: Public Lies and Professional Secrets in Cold War Washington

An inside look at how midcentury DC journalists silenced their own skepticism and shaped public perceptions of the Cold War.

"A vivid, deeply researched account that presents the elite political press corps back then in a much more favorable light, as a highly professional group whose members were also highly constrained by the blindnesses that were pervasive in that time, place, and culture." —Nicholas Lemann, staff writer for The New Yorker

Americans' current trust in journalists is at a di...