Me and Ted Against the World : The Unauthorized Story of the Founding of CNN

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Summary: X-Ray vision for TV news
Review: Whenever I encounter TV news after having read this book, the mechanics and biases behind it appear so obvious.

By exposing the guts of a news machine, and insightfully comparing different coverage of the same event, Me and Ted gives you a level of news literacy that lets you appreciate it more. This level of detail -- clearly coming from someone obsessed with his creation -- is amazing and rarely tedious. Combine it with Randall Rothenberg's advertising expose "Where the Suckers Moon", for a good start at understanding post-70s America.

The one drawback ... But once you get used to filtering it out, Me and Ted becomes a wonderful book.