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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Junk news Junk news Tom Fenton In this salient critique of the American media, veteran journalist Tom Fenton exposes the dangerous failings of our news organizations and the fundamental problems with how they present world news. J… OL12278080W
The persecution of Sarah Palin The persecution of Sarah Palin Matthew Continetti After her dazzling convention speech in August 2008, Sarah Palin was on track to win John McCain the presidency of the United States. Never before had a vice presidential candidate gotten such a stro… OL15166956W
Daring to feel Daring to feel Jody Santos ""Thou shall remain objective" is the number-one newsroom commandment, but lately cracks have begun to appear in the news media's objective facade. American journalists have been pushed to the emotio… OL16918111W
Skewed Skewed Larry Atkins "A probing critique of advocacy journalism, particularly its polarizing effect on society and politics, with reader guidelines for objectively evaluating news sources"-- OL20037771W
All the news unfit to print All the news unfit to print Eric Burns You really can't believe everything you read . . . A premature newswire report announces the end of World War I, spurring wild celebrations in American streets days before the actual treaty was sig… OL2689243W
Constructing danger Constructing danger Christopher Ray McCormick Each chapter includes a contributed talk--by Sharon Fraser, Anne Derrick, Debi Forsyth-Smith, Gary Kinsman, Eric Smith, Joy Mannette, Paul MacDonald, Tony Thomson, Darrel Pink, and Deborah Woolway--a… OL3132353W
Evaluation in media discourse Evaluation in media discourse Monika Bednarek xvi, 253 p. ; 24 cm OL5795502W