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Dark Days in the Newsroom
- McCarthyism Aimed at the Press
- De: Edward Alwood
- Narrado por: Robert Thaler
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Dark Days in the Newsroom traces how journalists became radicalized during the Depression era, only to become targets of Senator Joseph McCarthy and like-minded anti-Communist crusaders during the 1950s. Edward Alwood, a former news correspondent, describes this remarkable story of conflict, principle, and personal sacrifice with noticeable élan.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Strong but with faults
- De Anonymous User en 08-28-17
- Dark Days in the Newsroom
- McCarthyism Aimed at the Press
- De: Edward Alwood
- Narrado por: Robert Thaler
Strong but with faults
Revisado: 08-28-17
If you could sum up Dark Days in the Newsroom in three words, what would they be?
a good retelling, it was original but it could have been better written and less repetitive at times
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Not very original ending. the meat and potatoes of the book in my perspective was the HUAC material and the discussions of the early origins of the Communist Party in America and the great bio of Heywood Brown who I sense is largely forgotten now in our history. How this all ties in with the issues of the 1st Amendment, Freedom of speech and the 4th estate are what makes the book interesting.
What does Robert Thaler bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
He's the saving grace of the audio. He gives quite a few different voices to the period, nails the speech of that time, even does an excellent Joe McCarthy. Without this fellow driving the narrative the story would sag. Striking voice and presentation. Why the hell whoever does the hiring can't route around and find more quality like this is beyond me. I have often been appalled at the sub par delivery of so many of the 'readers' that they hire, its like Russian roulette picking out a book even some of the guys and gals who do hundreds of books can be beyond awful, there just doesn't seem to be much quality control For a manuscript like this one which is potentially pretty dry, its essential to find a narrator like this one with style and substance.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
the story is a manuscript more or less of that period with many original details presented in journalistic form and many factoids about J Edgar Hoover, McCarthy, Randolph Hearst, the background machinations of the newspaper guilds,the Unions,the American Communist Party and the FBI all vying in power struggles for supremacy
Any additional comments?
It was worth my money but it could have been better if the author wasn't quite so academic and at times repetitive. The narrator sells it. Also the technical arguments and points made by the writer can be a bit ponderous, is that the right word? Don't know, I just finished the listen and will let it sit a while
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