What Doesn't Get in the Paper

摘要

Ken Auletta is the James Bond of the media world, a man who combines the probing mind and easy charm of a top intelligence agent with the glamour that befits the holder of a high-profile job. In the past decade, Auletta, the media critic for The New Yorker, has set his sights on a variety of media targets, often getting both access and time for a thorough exploration. The result: stories that give readers an intimate feel for the drama within the institutions that set the national news agenda. Several of those articles form the heart of Backstory: Inside the Business of News. There is extra material as well: an American Journalism Review article and one piece that was rejected by The New Yorker, along with postscripts that bring Auletta's articles up to date.