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Drive-By Journalism
The Assault on Your Need to Know
by Arthur E. Rowse

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Edition: paper, 274 pages
Dimensions: 5x7.62

Is it already too late to save Americans from tyranny by the news media? Veteran journalist Arthur E. Rowse says "no"--if those who run the news business finally get serious about their responsibilities. DRIVE-BY JOURNALISM shows how the news is corrupted by mergers, tabloidism, trivialities, self-censorship, gotcha journalism and other assaults on free society. It blows the whistle on rating-chasing predators that who have turned a sacred obligation to educate and inform into a race to exploit the First Amendment for commercial gain. Rowse shows how the media shape politics to their own purposes: deciding who runs for public office, who gets elected, and what it all means. The result is a government that represents only the wealthiest interests. DRIVE-BY JOURNALISM also reveals the failure of the news business to provide the full and fair exchange of opinion implied by the First Amendment. Rowse challenges those in charge to take action before their own press freedom goes down the drain.


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