David Halberstam
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- David Halberstam in Conversation with Bill Buzenberg
David Halberstam is one of America's finest journalists and one of America's most widely read authors. He has written 19 books, 14 of which have been New York Times' best sellers. In the 1960s, when he was just 30 years old, he won a Pulitizer Prize for his coverage of the Vietnam War, and his subsequent book about the men who took us into that war, "The Best and Brightest," has been widely hailed as one of the best books of its kind. His most recent book is "The Teammates." We hear him during both hours of Midday today in discussion at a recent Pen Pals Lecture Series, sponsored by the Library Foundation of Hennepin County.
- Portrait of a Lifestyle - David Halberstam speech on the media and its effect on us
A Midday broadcast of author and journalist David Halberstam speaking as part of the Minneapolis Public Library's "Portrait of a Lifestyle" program. David Halberstam talked about the media and its effect on us. Halberstam’s books include The Powers That Be, a critique on the media; and The Best and the Brightest, which examines the motivations behind U.S. policy in Vietnam.
- Journalist David Halberstam explains the increasing power of television network news
Journalist David Halberstam speaks at a World Press Forum at Macalester College. He talks about the electronic media explosion and communication revolution as being comparable to the printing press and moveable type. He describes the increasing power of network television news over the past fifteen years, and the way this has strengthened the presidency and weakened Congress. He says the power of TV network news was first felt with the Vietnam War, when the press became an anti-state against the power of the presidency. He warned of an overly-powerful executive branch.
- David Halberstam shares his thoughts on Vietnam War
An interview with Pulitzer Prize winning author David Halberstam, who talks about how toxicity and imperialism in the executive branch perpetuated the Vietnam War. Halberstam says Secretary of State Robert McNamara based war decisions on faulty statistics.
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