{"product_id":"bad-news-how-woke-media-is-undermining-democracy-hardcover","title":"Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBatya Ungar-Sargon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething is wrong with American journalism. Long before \"fake news\" became the calling card of the Right, Americans had lost faith in their news media. But lately, the feeling that something is off has become impossible to ignore. That's because the majority of our mainstream news is no longer just liberal; it's woke. Today's newsrooms are propagating radical ideas that were fringe as recently as a decade ago, including \"antiracism,\" intersectionality, open borders, and critical race theory. How did this come to be? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt all has to do with who our news media is written by--and who it is written for. In \u003ci\u003eBad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, Batya Ungar-Sargon reveals how American journalism underwent a status revolution over the twentieth century--from a blue-collar trade to an elite profession. As a result, journalists shifted their focus away from the working class and toward the concerns of their affluent, highly educated peers. With the rise of the Internet and the implosion of local news, America's elite news media became nationalized and its journalists affluent and ideological. And where once business concerns provided a countervailing force to push back against journalists' worst tendencies, the pressures of the digital media landscape now align corporate incentives with newsroom crusades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe truth is, the moral panic around race, encouraged by today's elite newsrooms, does little more than consolidate the power of liberal elites and protect their economic interests. And in abandoning the working class by creating a culture war around identity, our national media is undermining American democracy. \u003ci\u003eBad News\u003c\/i\u003e explains how this happened, why it happened, and the dangers posed by this development if it continues unchecked.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBatya Ungar-Sargon\u003c\/b\u003e is the deputy opinion editor of \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e. Before that, she was the opinion editor of the \u003ci\u003eForward\u003c\/i\u003e, the largest Jewish media outlet in America. She has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. She has appeared numerous times on MSNBC, NBC, the Brian Lehrer Show, NPR, and at other media outlets. She holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.4 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 26, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767961780512,"sku":"9781641772068","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a665f2eacb701b0334380b0340a06d36.webp?v=1780321609","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bad-news-how-woke-media-is-undermining-democracy-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}