Breaking The News : How the Media Undermine American Democracy

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Summary: Beyond liberal vs. conservative media bias
Review: The majority of this book helped to quantify a lot of what was bothering me about the press these days. Something just didn't feel right, and while I could explain some of it, I was at a loss to put into words just what was bothering me. This book really helped to bring clarity to my intuition with the added bonus of some awareness of some things that I hadn't noticed.

At the same time, Fallows draws conclusions and describes a solution from the problems he lays out that don't seem to follow convincingly from that problem set. It's one possible solution, but to some extent only part of it.

I wholeheartedly recommend the book, and it's an interesting read but I can't recommend it as a "must read for everyone" as I may some other fringe books on societal problems like this.