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Title: It's the Media, Stupid by Ralph Nader, John Nichols, Robert Waterman McChesney, Barbara Ehrenreich, Paul Wellstone ISBN: 1-58322-029-1 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: one the list for worst assigned reading for a class ever
Comment: Personally,this book may be on the extreme side. Some of these suggestions might be nice, but many of them are unpractical. The media gives people what they want essentially, in order to make a change in it, it does not need to become an issue in political debate. It needs to become an issue in the hearts of people. People need to be educated enough to find for themselves what is the truth. If the people seek the truth, the media that provides it will be the most successful. Its a simple business, supply and demand.
Rating: 4
Summary: compelling analysis
Comment: This indepth analysis should put an end to the myth of liberal bias in the media. As the Left has been saying for years, the media is only as liberal as the conservative corporations that own them. We seem to be tumbling towards a world in which everything is owned by a relatively few number of conjoined companies whose activities are reported on by a handful of aqenda-driven media giants all bent on diseminating a particular view of predigested news aimed at the lowest common denominator. There has to be another way although, like a previous reviewer, I'm not sure all the solutions in this book will work. I would also like to point out that 90% of National Public Radio's funding comes from donations made by listeners and from corporate underwriting. Only 10% of the NPR budget comes from the federal and state governments and all of that is in the form of grants used for specific programs (science, history, music, literature, etc).
Rating: 3
Summary: Socialism Is Not the Cure
Comment: I have just finished this book for an Electronics Media class I am taking at USF.
Although I agree with most of the complaints that the authors expound about the problems with global corporations and the current state of the media today, I do not see their Socialist fixes as any kind of real solution. In fact, in many instances, they are just power grabs by the Left to get you to pay for their programs (ie National Public Radio and Public Television, which are dominated by the Left).
I agree with the concept of microradio stations to help spread media access around, but not their demand for government subsidies to help the "less fortunate" pay for their stations. They are not that expensive to buy and maintain.
I believe a more Libertarian approach to open media access would be more productive than the authors brand of Socialist "fixes"... which in the end would probably just lead to abuses by the Left.
But it is a good read from the point-of-view of defining all that is wrong with the current state of the media today and why it is out of control.
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Title: Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy (Open Media Pamphlet Series) by Robert Waterman McChesney ISBN: 1888363479 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: April, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times by Robert Waterman McChesney ISBN: 1565846346 Publisher: New Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media by John Nichols, Robert Waterman McChesney, Barbara Ehrenreich ISBN: 1583225498 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Censored 2003: The Top 25 Censored Stories (Censored, 2002-2003) by Peter Phillips, Project Censored, Robert Waterman McChesney ISBN: 1583225153 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda by Noam Chomsky ISBN: 1583225366 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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