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January 1986 Issue
January 1986 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • ‘Ideas Move Nations’
    Gregg Easterbrook
  • The Puzzler
    Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
  • Notes: The Right Wrong Stuff
    Cullen Murphy
  • The Hague: Hostage Aftermath
    Alan Tonelson
  • Chicago: Bad Press
    J. Anthony Lukas
  • Public Health: A Measure of Failure
    Stephen Budiansky

Chicago: Bad Press

How politicians use newspapers and newspapers use politicians

By J. Anthony Lukas
January 1986 Issue
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