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The Boys on the Bus Riding with the Campaign Press Corps

Timothy Crouse

Reporter Timothy Crouse's behind-the-scenes coverage of the political press corps during the 1972 presidential campaign. An enlightening study in journalism and the political process. Photographs, Index.

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The Ezra Klein Show

It was presented as a portrait of the campaign press in the 1970s that shows how powerful peer culture is in journalism, originally written as a Rolling Stone piece and still resonant today.

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One is Boys on the Bus by Timothy Krauss, which was a portrait of the campaign press at work in the 1970s. And this book helps you understand how powerful the peer culture is in journalism. And it's w...

— Episode: It's Time for the Media to Choose: Neutr...

Episode: It's Time for the Media to Choose: Neutrality or D...

It was presented as a portrait of the campaign press in the 1970s that shows how powerful peer culture is in journalism, originally written as a Rolling Stone piece and still resonant today.

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One is Boys on the Bus by Timothy Krauss, which was a portrait of the campaign press at work in the 1970s. And this book helps you understand how powerful the peer culture is in journalism. And it's written as journalism was originally, I think, Rolling Stone piece. But there's something about it that still resonates like all these years later.

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