Joan Didion NPR's Renee Montagne talks with author Joan Didion about her new book, Political Fictions. The book is a collection of essays about the way news is presented to the American public. Didion's essays trace news coverage of presidential politics during the Reagan, first Bush, and Clinton administrations.

Joan Didion

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NPR's Renee Montagne talks with author Joan Didion about her new book, Political Fictions. The book is a collection of essays about the way news is presented to the American public. Didion's essays trace news coverage of presidential politics during the Reagan, first Bush, and Clinton administrations.