Privileged Son (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Dennis McDougal
- First Published: 2001
- Type of Work: Biography, media, and history
- Time of Work: 1881-2001
- Setting: Los Angeles, California
- Principal Characters: Otis Chandler, Dorothy Buffam “Buff” Chandler, Norman Chandler, Missy Chandler, Bettina Chandler, Harrison Gray Otis, Harry Chandler
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, California, Los Angeles, West, U.S., Publishing or publishers, Mass media, Newspapers
- Locales: Los Angeles, CA
During the 1960’s and 1970’s, the Los Angeles Times became one of the nation’s great newspapers under the leadership of its dynamic publisher, Otis Chandler. While the Times had long been influential in the politics and cultural life of Southern California, it had also been renowned for the bias of its news columns and its staunchly conservative editorial policy. The paper was highly profitable, but in journalistic circles was not thought of in the same respectful terms as the nation’s first-rate papers, The Washington Post and The New York Times....
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