Tragedy and Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy

John Nichols; Robert W. McChesney; Tom Tomorrow; Tim Robbins

ISBN 10: 1595580166 / ISBN 13: 9781595580160

Edité par New Press, 2005

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Synopsis :

Madison's worst fears were realised in 2004, when voters in a popular election lacked popular information and the means to acquire it. More than anything John Kerry, George Bush, or indeed, Karl Rove did, the media's mis-coverage of the campaign decided the election. Most disturbingly, the problems with the election coverage reflect long-term problems with U.S. journalism. John Nichols and Robert McChesney, two of America's foremost media analysts and founders of the national media reform group Free Press, dissect the troubling trends in journalism that surfaced in 2004 - the decline in resources and standards for political journalism, and the organised campaign by the political right to control the news cycle. They show how government decisions made without informed consent of the American people have led to a media system that undermines democracy. Including news making interviews with John Kerry, Howard Dean, Barack Obama, and other key players in the political process, this book is both an expose and a call to action.

À propos de l'auteur: Robert W. McChesney is Professor in the Institute of Communications Research and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. He has written or edited eight books, including the multiple award-winning Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times (New Press, 2000) and, with John Nichols, Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media (Seven Stories Press, 2002). John Nichols, The Nation's Washington correspondent, has covered progressive politics and activism in the United States and abroad for more than a decade. He is currently the editor of the editorial page of Madison, Wisconsin's Capital Times. Nichols is the author of It's the Media, Stupid and Jews for Buchanan, and Dick: The Man Who is President.

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Titre : Tragedy and Farce: How the American Media ...
Éditeur : New Press
Date d'édition : 2005
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