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Subject(s)

• Journalism—Political aspects—United States [Browse]
• Journalism—Economic aspects—United States [Browse]
• Journalism—Objectivity—United States [Browse]
• Journalistic ethics—United States [Browse]

Related name

• Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands [Browse]
• Annenberg Public Policy Center [Browse]

Series

• Institutions of American democracy series. [More in this series]
• Institutions of American democracy

Summary note

What is wrong with the news? To answer this dismaying question, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones explores how the epochal changes sweeping the media have eroded the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation, Jones says that what stands to be lost is the fact-based reporting that serves as a watchdog over government, holds the powerful accountable, and gives citizens what they need. In a tumultuous new media era, with cutthroat competition and panic over profits, the commitment of the traditional news media

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; Chapter 1 The Iron Core; Chapter 2 Media and Democracy; Chapter 3 The Fragile First Amendment; Chapter 4 Objectivity's Last Stand; Chapter 5 Media Ethics-The Painful Balance; Chapter 6 The Curious Story of News; Chapter 7 Newspapers on the Brink; Chapter 8 The New News Media; Chapter 9 Saving the News; Index

ISBN

• 0-19-974098-4
• 1-282-27073-7
• 9786612270734
• 0-19-972056-8

OCLC

609843665

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