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The Unilateral Presidency and the News Media

The Politics of Framing Executive Power

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Mark Major
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Part of the book series: The Evolving American Presidency (EAP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction: The Unitary Executive and the News Media

    • Mark Major
    Pages 1-17

  3. Headlining Presidential Power: New York Times Front-Page Coverage of Executive Orders from Truman through Clinton

    • Mark Major
    Pages 19-38

  4. Torturing Unilateralism: The Case of Abu Ghraib, the News Media, and a Broken Political System

    • Mark Major
    Pages 39-69

  5. Unilateralism Tortured: Critical Press Coverage of the McCain Amendment and Signing Statements

    • Mark Major
    Pages 71-91

  6. Predator in Chief: Framing Obama’s Drone Warfare

    • Mark Major
    Pages 93-111

  7. Going It E-Lone in the 2012 Election: Covering Obama’s We Can’t Wait in the Traditional and Online Public Spheres

    • Mark Major
    Pages 113-136

  8. Conclusion: The Unilateral Presidency, the News Media, and the Politics of Hiding in Plain Sight

    • Mark Major
    Pages 137-146

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 147-191
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About this book

Media coverage of presidential actions can not only serve journalistic purposes, but can also act as a check against unilateral decision making. The book seeks to uncover how the news media has worked to curtail overreaching power within the executive branch, demonstrating how the fourth estate keeps presidential overreach at bay.

About the author

Mark Major is the Associate Director of the McCourtney Institute for Democracy and Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the Pennsylvania State University, USA. He is the editor of Where Do We Go from Here? American Democracy and the Renewal of the Radical Imagination.

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