Our unfree press : 100 years of radical media criticism / edited by Robert W. McChesney and Ben Scott.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952-

Scott, Ben, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of the press--United States.

Freedom of the press.

Mass media--Ownership.

Mass media.

United States.

Mass media--Ownership--United States.

Physical Description:

vi, 438 pages ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Our unfree press, one hundred years of media criticism

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press, [2004]

Summary:

For anyone concerned by corporate consolidation of the media, this must-read reveals the necessity of a radical revision in our perception of the business of media.

Contents:

Part I "Our Master's Voice" 31

Concentration of Ownership 33

"The House of Lords" from Lords of the Press (1938) / George Seldes 35

"The Disappearing Daily" from The Disappearing Daily (1944) / Oswald Garrison Villard 47

"U.S. Media at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century" from Rich Media, Poor Democracy (2000) / Robert W. McChesney 60

Interlocking Web of Business Interests 77

"Bondage of the Press" from The Menace of Privilege (1906) / Henry George Jr. 78

"These Days in American Journalism" from The International Socialist Review (1911) / Charles Edward Russell 92

"Owning the Owners" from The Brass Check (1920) / Upton Sinclair 102

"Big Business and the Press" from Freedom of the Press (1935) / George Seldes 106

Advertising 119

"The Advertising Influence" from The American Newspaper (1911) / Will Irwin 121

"The Business Nobody Knows" from Our Master's Voice (1934) / James Rorty 132

"The Power of Advertising" from Freedom of the Press (1935) / George Seldes 138

"Advertising" from The First Freedom (1946) / Morris Ernst 154

"Sex, Lies & Advertising" from Ms. (1990) / Gloria Steinem 160

Part II Democratic Contradictions of Commercial Journalism 177

Profit and Partisan Politics Undermine Public Service 179

"The Suppression of Important News" from Changing America (1912) / Edward A. Ross 181

"The Art of Ballyhoo" from Ballyhoo (1927) / Silas Bent 193

"Our Un-Free Press" from Common Sense (1935) / John Dewey 207

"The Vanishing Market Place of Thought" from The First Freedom (1946) / Morris Ernst 211

"The Problem and the Principles" from A Free and Responsible Press (1947) / The Hutchins Commission 220

"Social Control in the Newsroom: A Functional Analysis" from Social Forces (1955) / Warren Breed 229

"Why a Review of Journalism?" from Columbia Journalism Review (1962) 245

"The News Media and the Disorders" from Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (1968) / The Kerner Commission 247

"Night Thoughts of a Media Watcher" from Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983) / Gloria Steinem 272

"The Growing Gap" from The Media Monopoly (1983) / Ben Bagdikian 275

"Re-thinking Objectivity" from Columbia Journalism Review (2003) / Brent Cunningham 287

Free Press and Democracy 301

"Code of Ethics" and "Integrity of the Press" from the Founding Statements of the American Newspaper Guild (1934) 303

"The Corps, the Press, and Democracy" from The Washington Correspondents (1937) / Leo C. Rosten 305

"Violations of Press Freedom in America" from Journalism Quarterly (1938) / Alfred McClung Lee 327

"On the Collection of Honest News" and "On the Right to Express and Hear Unpopular Opinion" from the National Guardian (1953) / W.E.B. Du Bois 338

"The Mass Society" from The Power Elite (1956) / C. Wright Mills 343

"Access to the Press

A New First Amendment Right" from Harvard Law Review (1967) / Jerome A. Barron 365

"News as the Reproduction of the Status Quo: A Summary" from Making News (1978) / Gaye Tuchman 399

"Propaganda Mill" from The Progressive (1988) / Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky 405

"A Palace Court Press" from On Bended Knee (1988) / Mark Hertsgaard 412

"The Military's Media" from The Progressive (2003) / Robert Jensen 430.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1565849175

1565848551

OCLC:

53361501