News flash : journalism, infotainment, and the bottom-line business of broadcast news / Bonnie M. Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Bonnie, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television broadcasting of news--United States.

Television broadcasting of news.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxi, 259 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2004]

Summary:

While talking heads debate the media's alleged conservative or liberal bias, award-winning journalist Bonnie Anderson knows that the problem with television news isn't about the Left versus the Right -- it's all about the money. From illegal hiring practices to ethnocentric coverage to political cheerleading, News Flash exposes how American broadcast conglomerates' pursuit of the almighty dollar consistently trumps the need for fair and objective reporting.

Contents:

The rise of the corporate news networks

What you don't know can hurt you

This is good business?

The good

The bad

And the ugly

All profits, all the time

We report, we decide

Strange bedfellows

Conclusion: Rx for TV journalism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-248) and indexes.

ISBN:

0787972851

OCLC:

54111160