
Liberty and the News
A Study in Journalism and Democracy
Walter Lippmann(Author)
Wilder Publications (Publisher)
Published on 7. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
56 pages
978-1-5154-4945-4 (ISBN)
Description
Liberty and the News is Walter Lippmann's foundational examination of journalism, truth, and democratic responsibility in the modern state.
Written in the aftermath of the First World War, Lippmann confronts the widening gap between events and their public representation. He argues that democratic governance depends not merely on freedom of speech, but on the reliability and integrity of information itself. When the press fails to distinguish fact from distortion, the consequences extend beyond individual error to structural weakness within democracy.
Anticipating themes he would later develop in Public Opinion and The Phantom Public, Lippmann offers a disciplined critique of both journalistic practice and public expectation. Concise yet analytically rigorous, Liberty and the News remains a central document in the intellectual history of media ethics and political theory. This Wilder Publications edition presents the text in a clean and carefully prepared modern format.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
97 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5154-4945-4 (9781515449454)
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Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) was an American writer, journalist, and political commentator whose work profoundly shaped twentieth-century public discourse. A founding editor of The New Republic and later a widely syndicated columnist, Lippmann combined philosophical inquiry with practical political observation. His major works-including A Preface to Politics, Public Opinion, and The Phantom Public-explored the relationship between democracy, mass media, and public understanding. He was twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary and remains one of the most influential political thinkers of his era.