Hate, Inc. : Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taibbi, Matt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

La Vergne : OR Books, 2021.

Summary:

In this characteristically turbocharged book, now in a new post-election edition, celebrated Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi provides an insider's guide to the variety of ways today's mainstream media tells us lies. Part tirade, part confessional, it reveals that what most people think of as "the news" is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business. In the Internet age, the press have mastered the art of monetizing anger, paranoia, and distrust. Taibbi, who has spent much of his career covering elections in which this kind of manipulative activity is most egregious, provides a rich taxonomic survey of American political journalism's dirty tricks. After a 2020 election season that proved to be a Great Giza Pyramid Complex of invective and digital ugliness, Hate Inc. is an invaluable antidote to the hidden poisons dished up by those we rely on to tell us what is happening in the world.

Contents:

Front Cover

Back Cover

Half-Title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface: A Utopia of Division

Note to Readers

Introduction

1. The Beauty Contest: Press Coverage of the 2016 Election

2. The Ten Rules of Hate

3. The Church of Averageness

4. The High Priests of Averageness, on the Campaign Trail

5. More Priests: The Pollsters

6. The Invisible Primary: or, How We Decide Elections Before You Decide Them

7. How the News Media Stole From Pro Wrestling

8. How Reading the News is Like Smoking

9. Scare Tactics: All the Folk Devils Are Here

10. The Media's Great Factual Loophole

11. The Class Taboo

12. How We Turned the News Into Sports

13. Turn it Off

14. The Scarlet Letter Club

15. Why Russiagate is This Generation's WMD

Appendix 1: Why Rachel Maddow is on the Cover of This Book

Appendix 2: An Interview with Noam Chomsky

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781682198018

1682198014

OCLC:

1243551343