Control

by Jack Anderson

Street-smart investigative journalist Bert Stouffer has some questions about the widespread acquisitions of sex-and-scandal tabloid king Thad Catlett, whose activities may cost America her freedom and Stouffer his life

Genres: Fiction

448 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

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Political columnist Anderson

Reviews

[Mohamed · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a very readable piece of writing. It discusses the important topic of foreign interference in media for the purpose of influencing public opinion. It also is an authoritative perspective on the world of journalism and media of the time by a world-class reporter.

I think the plot is a bit overextended, the characters sometimes take a film noir caricature, but maybe that was how life was in the 1980s for executives. The ending was pleasant but not as powerful as the plot unraveling. The writing was smooth and the whole story reasonably plausible.