Lots of facts, but not much more.(Deadlines Past Forty Years of Presidential Campaigning: A Reporter's Story)(Book Review)

American Journalism Review,  October, 2003  by Stepp, Carl Sessions

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Deadlines Past Forty Years of Presidential Campaigning: A Reporter's Story

By Walter Mears Andrews McMeel 360 pages; $24.95

Walter Mears, the hall-of-fame Associated Press political writer, introduces his new memoir by reminding us, "I am a wire service man, a calling that requires writing news instantly, keeping the copy terse, and keeping yourself out of it."

Consider yourself warned.

With 46 years of journalism, 11 presidential campaigns and a Pulitzer Prize behind him, Mears doesn't and probably can't stray far from his roots as he turns to book writing. ...

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