This was a disappointment. Instead of a really good polemic on the faults and destruction of the press and their causes, this book attempts to combine memoir and polemic by using the author's experience as an example with the press happenings as the backdrop. It doesn't work particularly well unless you're actually interested in the life of a journalist. It could have used some more macro level discussions. The author makes good points about the death of print and local news and how that has affected TV news's ability to broadcast complete stories and the news's overall ability to do investigation. These points, however, get consistently redrilled without new supporting evidence or much discussion. I couldn't finish the book to get past the Bush Sr. administration because it had gotten so repetitive at that point on the polemic front. Anyway, only really recommened for people interested in hearing about the career of one journalist.

a free e-copy of this book was received in exchange for a review through Netgalley