Control Author:Jack Anderson Newspaper magnate Thad Catlett wants to expand his empire into television. It will cost millions to "raid" the stations, but Catlett has unlimited credit with his partners, a consortium of German, Korean and Japanese businessmen. Foreigners aren't allowed to own U.S. TV stations, and Wall Street Journal reporter Bert Stouffer wants... more » to know who's paying for Catlett's nine-figure buyouts.
The FCC, Congress and the Christian Right also take off after Catlett, but he's got a tougher problem: finding out what the Consortium really wants, especially when its leader is murdered, Stouffer is attacked and set-up sexual trysts are filmed.
Meanwhile, the Consortium throws its weight around, demanding "the right spin" for the editorials in Catlett's newspapers. Control is fast-paced and all-too-real, suggesting that America's fourth estate is being "raided" while we remain unaware.« less
Pulitzer price winning suthor (gun control) This is a story of a journalist that uncovers a story that is too dangerous to tell, so written under the guise of fiction~