Comments on: Political Books Doing the Job of Congressional Oversight? http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/political-books-doing-the-job-of-congressional-oversight/ Romance, Historical, Contemporary, Paranormal, Young Adult, Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Sun, 27 May 2012 22:52:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: (Jān) http://dearauthor.com/features/industry-news/political-books-doing-the-job-of-congressional-oversight/#comment-164945 (Jān) Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:43:51 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2008/06/17/political-books-doing-the-job-of-congressional-oversight/#comment-164945 I don't think publishers are taking up where the press fails. The people writing these books aren't journalists, and they typically don't uphold journalistic standards. These books are usually written by people who want to make a buck and don't want to have to do the legwork associated with real investigative reporting. While some good can come from books like these, I think that it would be dangerous for people to mistake tell-alls for real journalism. I don’t think publishers are taking up where the press fails. The people writing these books aren’t journalists, and they typically don’t uphold journalistic standards. These books are usually written by people who want to make a buck and don’t want to have to do the legwork associated with real investigative reporting.

While some good can come from books like these, I think that it would be dangerous for people to mistake tell-alls for real journalism.

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