{"product_id":"just-a-journalist-linda-greenhouse-9780674980334","title":"Just a Journalist: On the Press, Life, and the Spaces Between","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this timely book, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter trains an autobiographical lens on a moment of remarkable transition in American journalism. Just a few years ago, the mainstream press was wrestling with whether labeling waterboarding as torture violated important norms of neutrality and objectivity. Now, major American newspapers regularly call the president of the United States a liar. Clearly, something has changed as the old rules of \"balance\" and \"two sides to every story\" have lost their grip. Is the change for the better? Will it last? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eJust a Journalist, \u003c\/i\u003eLinda Greenhouse--who for decades covered the U.S. Supreme Court for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e--tackles these questions from the perspective of her own experience. A decade ago, she faced criticism from her own newspaper and much of journalism's leadership for a speech to a college alumnae group in which she criticized the Bush administration for, among other things, seeking to create a legal black hole at Guant疣amo Bay--two years after the Supreme Court itself had ruled that the detainees could not be hidden away from the reach of federal judges who might hear their appeals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne famous newspaper editor expressed his belief that it was unethical for a journalist to vote, because the act of choosing one candidate over another could compromise objectivity. Linda Greenhouse disagrees. Calling herself \"an accidental activist,\" she raises urgent questions about the role journalists can and should play as citizens, even as participants, in the world around them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Greenhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674980336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674980334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.20h x 4.60w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2017","brand":"Linda Greenhouse","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981088620799,"sku":"9780674980334","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_200088eb-aac0-4970-93bf-5a17b3743564.jpg?v=1683253594","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/just-a-journalist-linda-greenhouse-9780674980334","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}