{"product_id":"breaking-the-news-how-the-media-undermine-american-democracy-paperback","title":"Breaking The News: How the Media Undermine American Democracy - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Fallows\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do Americans mistrust the news media? It may be because show 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. These are just a few of the arguments that have made \u003cb\u003eBreaking the News\u003c\/b\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Important and lucid...It moves smartly beyond the usual attacks on sensationalism and bias to the more profound problems in modern American journalism...dead-on.\"--Newsweek\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy do Americans mistrust the news media? It may be because show 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. These are just a few 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Important and lucid...It moves smartly beyond the usual attacks on sensationalism and bias to the more profound problems in modern American journalism...dead-on.\"--Newsweek\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Fallows\u003c\/b\u003e is a national correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. He has reported from around the world and has worked in software design at Microsoft, as the editor of \u003ci\u003eU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u003c\/i\u003e, and as a speechwriter for President Jimmy Carter. He is currently a news analyst for NPR's \u003ci\u003eWeekend All Things Considered \u003c\/i\u003eand a visiting professor at the University of Sydney.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.74 x 8.08 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748118135072,"sku":"9780679758563","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b055849d3595ba4ea60261c97ed51870.webp?v=1779904781","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/breaking-the-news-how-the-media-undermine-american-democracy-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}