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The Fox effect : how Roger Ailes turned a network into a propaganda machine / David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt, and Media Matters for America.
Van Pelt Library PN4888.T4 B76 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brock, David, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ailes, Roger.
- Fox News.
- Television broadcasting of news--United States.
- Television broadcasting of news.
- Television broadcasting of news--Objectivity.
- United States.
- Television broadcasting of news--Objectivity--United States.
- Television and politics--United States.
- Television and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 329 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Anchor Books, 2012.
- Summary:
- Reveals how FoxNews has evolved into an aggressive partisan advocate for the Republican party, citing the roles of Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch in promoting agendas that contrast with traditional standards of fairness and objectivity.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Not necessarily the news
- Part I: Attack and destroy. Roger's rise ; The path to the top
- Part II: Building the movement. A "terrorist fist jab"? ; A Stalin-esque mouthpiece ; Time for a Tea Party ; Violent rhetoric ; Six steps ; Willie Horton...times a thousand
- Part III: The campaign. A vote for liberty ; One million dollars
- Part IV: The aftermath. The puppet master ; Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780307279583
- 0307279588
- OCLC:
- 726819908
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