The Powers That Be (book)

The Powers That Be is a 1979 book by David Halberstam about the American media. It focuses on CBS, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and Time.

Critical reception
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."