{"product_id":"suppressed-robert-m-smith-9781493057719","title":"Suppressed: Confessions of a Former New York Times Washington Correspondent","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSuppressed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is the book the media would prefer you not read. The book may change the way you read a newspaper, listen to the radio, watch TV, or consume digital media.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlease look at the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFollow the Author Page\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e for videos by Robert M. Smith.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncisive behind-the-scenes details about the Times and other media outlets\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA forthright indictment of the media's shortcomings. -- \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly 29% of Americans trust the media, and many Americans believe the media are to blame for the country's division. The U.S. ranks dead last of all countries in media trust. \u003ci\u003eBut no one in the media is talking about this. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis well-reviewed book tells you why and shows you the inside of the media machine. It includes a look behind the scenes at some of the biggest stories in the history of journalism. The author \u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003ea former \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e White House and investigative correspondent\u003ci\u003e -- \u003c\/i\u003ewas there and is ruthlessly honest about what he saw. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn fact, the author unearthed Watergate before Woodward and Bernstein, but saw the story ignored by the New York \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e Washington Bureau when he gave it to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Sullivan, media critic for the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e, called the book a \"very engaging read.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmith is an attorney and barrister who has written a law book for lawyers. This is a different kind of book, but it is written with the same careful attention to the evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComing to the present, \u003ci\u003eSuppressed \u003c\/i\u003eshows how some media, including the\u003ci\u003e New\u003c\/i\u003e York \u003ci\u003eTimes, \u003c\/i\u003estepped into the ring and began slugging it out with President Trump, instead of staying outside the ring and neutrally reporting what it saw. The book argues that the media would have been more effective if it had remained neutral \u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003eand credible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the other hand, Times stock dropped 17 percent in the first two quarters of 2021, after President Trump left. During the same time the S\u0026amp;P 500 index rose 18 percent. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book offers entertaining tidbits \u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003esome hard to believe \u003ci\u003e-- \u003c\/i\u003ebut also shows you how to be a knowledgeable consumer of something that you spend time on every day and depend on. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with candor and humor, \u003ci\u003eSuppressed\u003c\/i\u003e traces a young investigative reporter's arc from naïveté to cynicism, from covering the White House to leaving journalism for Yale Law School and ultimately becoming a barrister in London and teaching at Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert M. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1493057715\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781493057719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyons Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2021","brand":"Robert M. 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