Unreliable sources
Subtitle: a guide to detecting bias in news media
By: Martin A. Lee and Norman Solomon.
Contributors: Solomon, Norman, 1951-
Publisher: Carol Pub. Group
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 419
Subjects: Journalism -- Objectivity -- United States; Mass media -- Objectivity -- United States
Description: Reveals how and why news media are distorting current events.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-403) and index.
"A Lyle Stuart book."
Table of contents: title: Mixed messages. A smoking gun -- Sex sells -- Ellerbee ‘s confession -- A lexicon of media buzzwords -- The McPapering of America -- Consider the sources. “Blood brothers to the establishment” -- Papers of record -- Unfit to print -- The wires -- Nightline : a case study -- “Wheel of guests” -- Media con games : how to see through them -- The media cartel : corporate control of the news. Advertiser muscle -- Prefab news -- Time Warner tango -- Military-industrial-media complex : The case of GE and NBC -- PBS : pro-business service? -- Censored, spiked & snubbed : what the news media leave out -- Fourth estate or fourth branch of government? The mighty PR arsenal -- Revolving door : big government, big media -- The CIA-media imbroglio -- Hoover’s hacks -- Disinformation, dat information -- Play it again, Uncle Sam : propaganda and public diplomacy -- Politicians and the press. Official scandals : from Watergate to Contragate -- The presidential horserace -- Dan Quayle, a pot dealer and the “information police” -- Bush-league journalism -- Money matters. Class conflict is a no-no -- Economic folklore : taxes, Social Security and the American dream -- Keeping labor in its place -- Lots of dollars, but not much sense -- Unhealthy reporting. Radiation in the neighborhood -- Puffing the peaceful atom -- Slick coverage of the Exxon oil spill -- Polluting the media environment -- Aids : looking the other way -- Press and prejudice. Women’s rights and media wrongs -- Our homophobic press -- Violence, drugs and crime -- Racism : denial and perpetuation -- U.S. - Soviet relations. Behind the irony curtain -- The Cold War is over ... long live the Cold War -- The arms control ruse -- The twin scourges : terrorism and narcotics -- When airplanes explode in the sky -- Who’s a terrorist and who’s not? -- The contra cocaine non-story -- Narco-terrorism, narco-cynicism -- Human rights and foreign policy. Tiananmen Square and other massacres -- Democracy and elections, Central American style -- Third world trouble spots -- Conclusion : toward an uncensored future -- Postscript : a call for media activism - an interview with Jeff Cohen.  Appendices. A. Recommended reading -- B. The media business -- C. Alternative media -- D. Media analysis resources -- E. Journalism organizations -- F. National news media.