Title: The Journalist and the Murderer Pdf
Author: Janet Malcolm
Published Date: 1990
Page: 163
In a work that sparked controversy when it first appeared in the New Yorker, Malcolm suggests that journalist Joe McGinniss may have betrayed convicted murderer Jeffrey MacDonald in McGinniss's bestselling book Fatal Vision. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. "It is not with regard to jounralism but with regard to the making of works of art that Malcom's important book gathers its inspiration, its breathtaking rhetorical velocity, and its great truth." —David Rieff, Los Angeles Times
Her book is a work of journalism as well as an essay on journalism: it at once exemplifies and dissects its subject. In her interviews with the leading and subsidiary characters in the MacDonald-McGinniss case -- the principals, their lawyers, the members of the jury, and the various persons who testified as expert witnesses at the trial -- Malcolm is always aware of herself as a player in a game that, as she points out, she cannot lose. The journalist-subject encounter has always troubled journalists, but never before has it been looked at so unflinchingly and so ruefully. Hovering over the narrative -- and always on the edge of the reader's consciousness -- is the MacDonald murder case itself, which imparts to the book an atmosphere of anxiety and uncanniness. The Journalist and the Murderer derives from and reflects many of the dominant intellectual concerns of our time, and it will have a particular appeal for those who cherish the odd, the off-center, and the unsolved.
Bought this book for class, an interesting look at the field of journalism I found this to book by Janet Malcolm to be a fascinating read, especially for anyone interested in journalism and the relationship between journalist and subject. Using the murder case of Jeffrey MacDonald as a backdrop, Malcolm looks at the unethical deal Joe McGinniss made for exclusive access to MacDonald to write his book. The initial murder case is overshadowed by a case of fraud and Malcolm suggests that McGinniss is guilty of misleading MacDonald. How do we make sure journalists remain ethical in their reporting. Does Malcolm give us all the facts? Is she herself participating in the very thing she accuses McGinniss of? This book left me with many questions.Not Too Good The book was a waste of my time. I kept reading and hoping that the book would finally start to grab my attention. I used it as an easy way to put me to sleep. Trust me, it will !Fascinating At what point does a journalist "cross the line," as it were, from mere reporting to lying to obtain a story at any cost?I read this piece when it first came out in two parts in the New Yorker in the March 13 and March 20 issues of 1987. It was fascinating then, and it has not become less so, in the intervening years, when I bought the book (again) for our daughter's college course in journalism.Politeness with one's sources is always a good idea. But is it okay to lie, and to repeatedly lie outright to get a story as did Joe McGinniss. while he interviewed the military doctor accused of killing his wife?In this case, the lies went beyond politeness, beyond simply allowing the source to think that the journalist was on his side, without saying as much.And thus it was that McGinniss ended paying a large settlement to Jeffrey MacDonald, the convicted killer.This story is not the be all and end all of journalists reporting on the press. But in its time, it was an excellent look at the lengths to which some go to get the story.And since then, the lines have simply blurred and journalists become far more sloppy.But that's a story for another book, another day.
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