$Slick spins and fractured facts : how cultural myths distort the news /$

Slick spins and fractured facts : how cultural myths distort the news /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rivers, Caryl.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, c1996.
Description:	xv, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Journalism -- Objectivity. Mass media -- Objectivity. Journalistic ethics. Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects. Journalism -- Objectivity. Journalistic ethics. Mass media -- Moral and ethical aspects. Mass media -- Objectivity.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2611391

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ISBN:	023110152X (acid-free paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-240) and index.

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Summary:	Studies the ways the media put their own spin on the news of our sound-bite generation. This book shows how the media follow their biased agenda, unaware of the deep wells of history, prejudice, and primal fear that inform their version of reality, making the reader think twice about the news.
Physical Description:	xv, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-240) and index.
ISBN:	023110152X