"However, it isn't truly right for television, a medium that by nature deflates the
dualism of the orthodox detective through its unorthodox normalization of shifts
and slippage — and thus its normalization of the vicissitudes of the flesh.3 The
popularity of Dale Cooper is a tacit admission that on a visceral level the
television audience knows how wrong the traditional detective is in that medium.
As we shall see, Dale Cooper made ..."
Cracked Coverage Television News, The Anti-Cocaine Crusade, and the Reagan Legacy [Hardcover] Reeves, JimmieL. and Campbell, Richard by JimmieL. Reeves, Richard Campbell Hardcover, 344 Pages, Published 1994 by Duke University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-1449-3, ISBN: 0-8223-1449-5
Cracked Coverage(Updated) Television News, The Anti-Cocaine Crusade, and the Reagan Legacy by Jimmie Lynn Reeves, University Richard Campbell Paperback, 344 Pages, Published 1994 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-1491-2, ISBN: 0-8223-1491-6
"Carefully documenting the deceptions and excesses of television news coverage of the so-called cocaine epidemic, "Cracked Coverage" stands as a bold indictment of the backlash politics of the Reagan coalition and its implicit racism, the mercenary outlook of the drug control establishment, and the enterprising reporting of crusading journalism. Blending theoretical and empirical analyses, Jimmie L. Reeves and Richard Campbell explore ho ..."