Reminiscences of Joyce Purnick : Oral history, 1994. 1995.

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Reminiscences of Joyce Purnick : Oral history, 1994. 1995.

Education and journalistic career; coverage of 1977 New York City mayoral campaign for New York Post; Rupert Murdoch's favorable coverage of Edward I. Koch [Koch]; comments on press censorship and journalistic freedom; coverage of Koch administration for the New York Times: New York City transit strike, various corruption scandals; Koch's relationship with the press and desire for publicity; Koch and the African American community.

Transcript: 72 pp.

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