Breaking the news
how the American press undermines American democracy
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
1996 - Pantheon Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
74,000 words, Guess
Page Count
296 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebreakingnewshowm00fallrich
- ISBN-10067944209X
- ISBN-139780679442097
- Goodreads1955444
- Library of Congress Control Number95031467
and 2 more
- OCLC Control Number32779541
- Open LibraryOL23262322M
Classifications
- DDC302.23/0973
- LCCPN4888.O25 F35 1996
Description
Why do Americans mistrust the news media? It may be because shows like The McLaughlin Group reduce participating journalists to so many shouting heads. Or because, increasingly, the profession treats issues as complex as health-care reform and foreign policy as exercises in political gamesmanship. Or because muckrakers have given way to "buckrakers" who command huge fees lecturing to the very interest groups they are supposed to cover. These are just some of the arguments that have made Breaking the News so controversial and so widely acclaimed. Drawing on his own experience as a National Book Award-winning journalist - and on the gaffes of colleagues from George Will to Cokie Roberts - Fallows shows why the media have not only lost our respect but alienated us from our public life. Moving from rigorous analysis to concrete proposals, the result is a devastating critique that is indispensable for anyone who makes the news - and anyone who reads or watches it.
Description
A critique of the media which discusses why the values of journalists have changed, how their practices are undermining the credibility of the press, and how they affect the future of America by distorting the election process.
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