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Copyright
Contents
Foreword by Edward Asner
Introduction
Part I: The Story Behind the Story
1. Mixed Messages
A Smoking Gun
Sex Sells
Ellerbee’s Confession
A Lexicon of Media Buzzwords
The McPapering of America
2. Consider the Sources
“Blood Brothers to the Establishment”
Papers of Record
Unfit to Print
The Wires
Nightline: A Case Study
“Wheel of Guests”
3. Media Con Games: How to See Through Them
Part II: The Media Elite
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
Part III: Domestic Routines
7. 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
8. 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
9. Press and Prejudice
Women’s Rights and Media Wrongs
Our Homophobic Press
Violence, Drugs and Crime
Racism: Denial and Perpetuation
Part IV: International Intrigues
10. U.S.-Soviet Relations
Behind the Irony Curtain
The Cold War Is Over…Long Live the Cold War
The Arms Control Ruse
11. 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
12. 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
A. Recommended Reading
B. The Media Business
C. Alternative Media
D. Media Analysis Resources
E. Journalism Organizations
F. National News Media
Notes
Acknowledgments
Permissions
About the Author
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