TY - BOOK AU - Feldstein,Mark Avrom TI - Poisoning the press: Richard Nixon, Jack Anderson, and the rise of Washington's scandal culture SN - 0374235309 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Farrar, Straus and Giroux KW - Anderson, Jack, KW - Nixon, Richard M. KW - Journalists KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Political corruption KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Political culture KW - Washington (D.C.) KW - Presidents KW - Press coverage KW - Case studies KW - Press and politics KW - Politics and government KW - 1969-1974 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; pt. I. Beginnings. The Quaker and the Mormon -- pt. II. Rise to power. Washington whirl -- Bugging and burglary -- Comeback -- pt. III. Power. The president and the columnist -- Revenge -- Vietnam -- The Anderson papers -- Sex, spies, blackmail -- Cat and mouse -- Brothers -- "Destroy this" -- From burlesque to grotesque -- "Kill him" -- Watergate -- Disgrace -- pt. IV. Endings. Final years -- Epilogue N2 - Recounts not only the disturbing story of an unprecedented White House conspiracy to assassinate a journalist, but also the larger tale of the bitter quarter-century battle between the postwar era's most embattled politician, Richard Nixon, and its most reviled newsman, Jack Anderson ER -