A Firing Offense
by David Ignatius
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Author: David IgnatiusEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Large Print
Published: 1997-09
ISBN: 0786211466
Number of pages: 639
Publisher: Thorndike Pr
Book Reviews of A Firing Offense
Book Review: ...Should Get You Thinking
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bob Novak/Judith Miller debacle has returned the public's attention to media ethics. With Al-jazeera having a franchise on Al-qaeda news releases, and several TV shows nothing more than Administration apologists, we have rediscovered that in the news not only is the messenger suspect, now the source and the message cannot be trusted.
David Ignatius's "A Firing Offense" fleshes up these abstractions which never appear on the Evening News (except when it involves the US military paying Iraqi journalists). A drained reporter, Eric Truell, is looking for a story to break his ennui as head of the Paris bureau of the New York Mirror. When a blockbuster story involving corrupt business practices in China falls in his lap, Truell makes a Faustian bargain with an undercover operative, disregarding the ethical implications. He has just committed a firing offense.
Ignatius, a former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has his finger on the pulse of his material. He has a perfect grasp of the small details that build a story. Yet, it is in the larger picture he excels: the corrupt business practices of corporations; the recruitment of journalists for espionage; the inaneness of roundtable TV and event-driven news; and the extraordinary power of the newspaper columnist. A few of the issues captured in this appealing story about a hunted newshound.
In a world increasingly fragmented by a digital divide where any uncorroborated rubbish can be printed at the click of a button, a world defined by Nielsen ratings, where deep background briefings determine cachet, the lessons of the Firing Offense need to be taken to heart.
Summary of A Firing Offense
Adventure/SuspenseLarge Print EditionJust how far will a journalist go to get his story? Those questions are at the heart of this smart thriller . . . You can easily see why Paramount Pictures and Tom Cruise scooped up this thriller for more than a million dollars. starred, Publishers WeeklyWhat happens when a spy is suspected of working in the newsroom of a great American newspaper? Eric Truell is savvy enough to work the political angles of Washington and brave enough to break into a room full of terrorists. While investigating a story about secret power networks, he meets a maverick CIA agent who seems only too happy to leak sensitive information to him. As his ties to the CIA deepen, Truell begins to wonder: has he made his paper an unwitting player in a private international trade war?Here's a thriller that provides plenty of exercise for the brain as well as the viscera, as Ignatius ingeniously explores what happens when a reporter crosses the line between information and covert action. Looking into the secret life of a respected colleague, hotshot journalist Eric Truell finds a much better story than he expected--and a huge moral dilemma, which gets bigger the more he digs. Ignatius's equally smart and exciting The Bank of Fear is available in paperback.
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