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"When screaming headlines turn out to be based on stories that don't support them, the tale of the boy who ... read full description
"When screaming headlines turn out to be based on stories that don't support them, the tale of the boy who ... read full description
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May 20, 2011
Carolyn (in SC) C234D
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I read this quite a few years ago and it really hit home for me. I am a newspaper reader. I have to read through the paper before it can go in the recycling pile. Papers have piled pretty high at times, but I can't help myself. Pete Hamill has been a favorite of mine for many years, both his writing and listening to him on radio talk shows years ago. So his essay on the dumbing-down of newspapers is spot-on. I wish the people who could do something about it would read his book, but I have
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May 12, 2011
have a final on this tonight...so i am still reading it and such...but it's actually quite interesting!...it's a good look at newspapers today...and even if i'm leaning towards not going into this exact form of journalism...it's stilla good book for all journalist majors to read.
Dec 15, 2010
George
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An essay on the purpose, state and natural audience of journalism at the end of the twentieth century. Makes me wonder who reads newspapers these days and why. How and where do individuals get the ind of information they need to hand one another along?
Dec 05, 2008
When the newspaper is filled with stupid features about celebrities at the expense of hard news, the reader feels patronized. In the process, the critical relationship of reader to newspaper is slowly undermined.
Jan 13, 2009
Kate
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Should be read by anyone who reads or works at or values the newspaper. It is amazing.
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