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The Boys on the Bus By Timothy Crouse Random House, 383 pp., $7.95

Us & Them: How the Press Covered the 1972 Election By James M. Perry Clarkson N. Potter, 279 pp., $7.95 Good heavens, how can I review these books? I am in these books, a party to events. How can I possibly meet the standards of objectivity for readers of national review when Timothy Crouse asserts that “Nolan stood, on many matters, to the left of George McGovern”? Ah, but the chimera of objectivity is but one of the many demons exorcised in these two salty volumes on the role of the press in politics; ideological bias is another. As James Perry catalogues the follies of the press in 1972:

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The Boys on the Bus By Timothy Crouse Random House, 383 pp., $7.95

Us & Them: How the Press Covered the 1972 Election By James M. Perry Clarkson N. Potter, 279 pp., $7.95 Good heavens, how can I review these books? I am in these books, a party to events. How can I possibly meet the standards of objectivity for readers of national review when Timothy Crouse asserts that “Nolan stood, on many matters, to the left of George McGovern”? Ah, but the chimera of objectivity is but one of the many demons exorcised in these two salty volumes on the role of the press in politics; ideological bias is another. As James Perry catalogues the follies of the press in 1972: