The Newsbreaker: A Behind the Scenes Look at the News Media and Never Before Told Details about Some of the Decades Biggest Stories »

For twenty-five years, Larry Garrison has been a news broker, operating within the secret side of the news, finding and releasing some of the most sensational stories of the last couple decades. Now, in this riveting account of the news behind the news, Garrison lets readers in on how such headlining stories are found, manipulated, and released to the public, blowing the whistle on the news media, and divulging what really happens when all of the major news agencies compete to report the same top stories. Garrison goes inside some of his biggest cases, providing never-before-released info on the Terri Schiavo case, Michael Jackson, TWA Flight 800, 9/11, the Oklahoma bombing, Andrew Cunanan and the murder of Versace, Jon Benet Ramsey, the Robert Blake murder case, Mary Kay Letourneau, and many, many more. Gutsy and gritty, Larry has uncovered and been exposed to facts of some of the biggest headlines of our times. And now, in The NewsBreaker, he finally tells the story behind the headlines, how news is made and reported, and why the networks wouldn't, or couldn't, give the full story on some of the most important news events of our time.

Contents

Acknowledgments....................ix
1. Labels....................1
2. The Get....................27
3. Show Me the Money....................51
4. And Then There Was the Truth....................67
5. Hush Is an Understatement....................91
6. Ratings, Ratings, Ratings....................117
7. That's Entertainment....................133
8. Caught in the Act....................157
9. Making a Difference....................169
10. Should Have Been....................187
11. Too Close to Home....................213
12. The Road Ahead....................223
Epilogue....................241