Airhead : the imperfect art of making news
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eBook
Language
English
ISBN
9781405938358
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Downloadable eBook.
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Non fiction.
Description
Behind every interview there is a backstory. How it came about. How it ended. The compromises that were made. The regrets, the rows, the deeply inappropriate comedy. Making news is an essential but imperfect art, and it rarely goes according to plan. I never expected to find myself wandering around the Maharani of Jaipur's bedroom with Bill Clinton or invited to the Miss USA beauty pageant by its owner, Donald Trump. I never expected to be thrown into a provincial Cuban jail, or to be drinking red wine at Steve Bannon's kitchen table or spend three hours in a lift with Alan Partridge. I certainly didn't expect the Dalai Lama to tell me the story of his most memorable poo. The beauty of television is its ability to simplify, but that's also its weakness: it can distil everything down to one snapshot, one soundbite. Then the news cycle moves on. Airhead is my step back from the white noise. Before and after the camera started rolling, this is what really happened.
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Adult.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Artists -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Communication.
Democracy.
Editors -- Biography.
Entertainers -- Biography.
Geopolitics.
Historians -- Biography.
Journalism.
Journalists -- Biography.
Literature.
Mass media.
Memoirs.
Military -- Biography.
Politicians -- Biography.
Publishers and publishing -- Biography.
Religion and politics.
Religion and state.
War diaries.
Women -- Biography.
World politics.
Autobiographies.
Communication.
Democracy.
Editors -- Biography.
Entertainers -- Biography.
Geopolitics.
Historians -- Biography.
Journalism.
Journalists -- Biography.
Literature.
Mass media.
Memoirs.
Military -- Biography.
Politicians -- Biography.
Publishers and publishing -- Biography.
Religion and politics.
Religion and state.
War diaries.
Women -- Biography.
World politics.
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