图书标签: 政治 美国政治 美国 Politics Non-Fiction 权力与媒体 英文原版 小说
发表于2024-10-05
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Tim Russert is dead.
But the room was alive.
Big Ticket Washington Funerals can make such great networking opportunities. Power mourners keep stampeding down the red carpets of the Kennedy Center, handing out business cards, touching base. And there is no time to waste in a gold rush, even (or especially) at a solemn tribal event like this.
Washington—This Town—might be loathed from every corner of the nation, yet these are fun and busy days at this nexus of big politics, big money, big media, and big vanity. There are no Democrats and Republicans anymore in the nation’s capital, just millionaires. That is the grubby secret of the place in the twenty-first century. You will always have lunch in This Town again. No matter how many elections you lose, apologies you make, or scandals you endure.
In This Town, Mark Leibovich, chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, presents a blistering, stunning—and often hysterically funny—examination of our ruling class’s incestuous “media industrial complex.” Through his eyes, we discover how the funeral for a beloved newsman becomes the social event of the year. How political reporters are fetishized for their ability to get their names into the predawn e-mail sent out by the city’s most powerful and puzzled-over journalist. How a disgraced Hill aide can overcome ignominy and maybe emerge with a more potent “brand” than many elected members of Congress. And how an administration bent on “changing Washington” can be sucked into the ways of This Town with the same ease with which Tea Party insurgents can, once elected, settle into it like a warm bath.
Outrageous, fascinating, and destined to win Leibovich a whole host of, er, new friends, This Town is must reading, whether you’re inside the Beltway—or just trying to get there.
Mark Leibovich is The New York Times Magazine chief national correspondent, based in Washington, D.C. In 2011, he received a National Magazine Award for his story on Politico's Mike Allen and the changing media culture of Washington. Prior to coming to the Times Magazine, Leibovich was a national political reporter in the Times' DC bureau. He has also worked at The Washington Post, The San Jose Mercury News and The Boston Phoenix, and is the author of The New Imperialists, a collection of profiles on technology pioneers. Leibovich lives with his family in Washington.
此书结语中直言不讳地承认:纵观华盛顿的游戏,最令人沮丧的结论是,权钱交易已经彻底地程序化,在这其间,媒体则极尽煽动之能事,成为权钱交易的有效润滑!我想问,这是不是体制问题呢?
评分much better in smaller doses,作者的杂志文章远比这本日记一样的书有趣许多
评分Network, Network, Network
评分在华府生态圈,人的价值是由与其他人或机构的距离决定的。关系对于华府的重要性,就像芯片对硅谷、筹码对拉斯维加斯一样。
评分A good read for knowing bipartisanship with refreshing meaning after 2018.
在看这本书之前又重温了一下《纸牌屋》美剧。电视剧里面权色的交易,谋杀以及各种阴谋,让人不寒而栗。书中的内容似乎是没有硝烟的战场,没有那么丑陋与残忍的场面。更多是对于权利、名声、社会地位的觊觎。每个人都在华盛顿这座城市里面寻找自己的机会。但是,这一切并不是那...
评分文/何德恺 在之前,一直都深信西方国家的政治是较为清明的,因为执政方式和理念不同,取得的成效也有所不同。和某大国不同,形成了一种政治上的垄断,也导致了国内官僚主义膨胀,各种政治上的弊端也昭然若揭。相对于一个政党,两党制在吏治方面其实还是存在较为明显的优势的,...
评分文/何德恺 在之前,一直都深信西方国家的政治是较为清明的,因为执政方式和理念不同,取得的成效也有所不同。和某大国不同,形成了一种政治上的垄断,也导致了国内官僚主义膨胀,各种政治上的弊端也昭然若揭。相对于一个政党,两党制在吏治方面其实还是存在较为明显的优势的,...
评分那座城是美国的首都华盛顿。 那座城很热闹,也很冷漠。是政客们喜欢追逐的地盘,是新闻大享们发光发热引人注目的江湖之地。 真实世界无比残酷,像纸牌屋里的博弈,政客们的野心纷纷展现,竞选战争一碰即发,各种势力互相过招,各种人物嘴脸及其背后的交易不言自名,新闻人玩...
评分This Town pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024