Breaking The News：How the Media Undermine American Democracy

WhydoAmericansmistrustthenewsmedia?Itmaybebecauseshowlike"TheMcLaughlinGroup"reduceparticipatingjournaliststosomanyshoutingheads.Orbecause，increasingly，theprofessiontreatsissuesascomplexashealth-carereformandforeignpolicyasexercisesinpoliticalgamesmanship.ThesearejustafewoftheargumentsthathavemadeBreakingtheNewssocontroversialandsowidelyacclaimed.DrawingonhisownexperienceasaNationalBookAward-winningjournalist--andonthegaffesofcolleaguesfromGeorgeWilltoCokieRoberts--Fallowsshowswhythemediahavenotonlylostourrespectbutalienatedusfromourpubliclife."Importantandlucid...ItmovessmartlybeyondtheusualattacksonsensationalismandbiastothemoreprofoundproblemsinmodernAmericanjournalism...dead-on."--Newsweek