{"product_id":"the-trust-the-private-and-powerful-family-behind-the-new-york-times-9780316836319","title":"The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind The New York Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis mammoth history of the dynasty that created and controls \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e is as epic in its scope as is the role of the newspaper in America. Like any good epic, this story is filled with its fair share of personal ambition, disappointment, competing heirs to the throne, fierce loyalties, and powerful intrigue. The story of \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e starts in 1896, when Adolph Ochs, a young German Jew, buys the undistinguished and nearly bankrupt \u003cem\u003eThe New-York Times\u003c\/em\u003e (the dash was later dropped). He worked hard to distinguish its style from the florid journalism that marked rival papers, and soon Ochs's paper, with its straightforward reporting, became the favorite of the Wall Street and Uptown sets. He toiled, too, to ensure that \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e never earned the moniker \"too Jewish.\" Ochs assiduously declined to promote Jewish editors and was an outspoken opponent of the free state of Israel. And writers Susan Tifft and Alex Jones argue persuasively that in its drive to appear absolutely objective about Jewish issues, the paper (under the leadership at this point of Ochs's son-in-law Arthur Hays Sulzberger) underreported the Holocaust--keeping stories of Hitler's early maneuvers off the front page, failing to name concentration-camp victims as Jews. Though significant, World War II was just one moment in the hundred-year-long history of the paper thus far. \u003cem\u003eThe Trust\u003c\/em\u003e vividly chronicles some of the \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e's most famous moments--the controversial publication of the Pentagon Papers and its transition to a publicly held company in the late '60s are just two--along with the personal histories of four generations of Ochses and Sulzbergers. With its strong foundation of well-researched facts, thoughtful analysis, and excellent narration, \u003cem\u003eThe Trust\u003c\/em\u003e is itself a great work of journalism that does its storied subject proud. \u003cem\u003e--Anna Baldwin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan E. Tifft, Alex S. Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.00w x 1.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316836319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrill's Content\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2000 pg. 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2000 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan E. Tift and Alex S. Jones are also the authors of \u003ci\u003eThe Patriarch: The Rise and Fall of the Bingham Dynasty\u003c\/i\u003e. Ms. Tift was an associate editor at \u003ci\u003eTime. \u003c\/i\u003eMr. Jones covered the press from 1983 to 1992 for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, where he won a Pulitzer Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40262060114035,"sku":"9.78032E+12","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_78df22bc-cd44-43fb-8e44-17fe6cc31f2c.jpg?v=1657634673","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-trust-the-private-and-powerful-family-behind-the-new-york-times-9780316836319","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}