| The Powers That Be | |
| Author: | David Halberstam |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | American media |
| Published: | 1979 (Alfred A. Knopf) |
| Media Type: | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
| Pages: | 771 |
| Isbn: | 0394503813 |
| Oclc: | 04641874 |
The Powers That Be is a 1979 book by David Halberstam about the American media.[1] [2] It focuses on CBS, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Time.
The Globe and Mail wrote: "The trouble is that the Halberstam of Vietnam, and of The Best and the Brightest, has become David Halberstam: institution, and like others who take themselves too seriously, his prose suffers."[3]