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    <body><![CDATA[James Fallows was the editor at U.S. News and World Report when he wrote this book. I subscribed to it for six months a few years ago and canceled, because it was indistinguishable from Time and Newsweek. I don't know if Fallows is still with the magazine.<br/><br/>It's safe to say that Fallows ha...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24890320">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can hardly overstate the importance of what this book has to say about the media and how we participate in the governance of this country. Written over a decade ago now, it painfully illuminates the whole sordid story of how capitalism and journalism fought for primacy in our public sphere, and ho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9268161">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book very nearly got 5 stars from me (I generally avoid 5 star ratings). It was very eye-opening to see the forces at work that encourage reporters to cover things in the unhelpful way that so many of them do. It ends by offering a glimmer of hope in the fact that there is a movement in some jo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42122953">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I first read this about ten years ago in college and picked it up again not too long ago. It is a great read, but really depressing for anyone who looks to the media to act as a watchdog on government. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting review of the media industry analyzing it as a competitive sport, rtaher than as a genuine, earnest provide of information.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Confirming that journalists from developed countries are not necessary better (paging Jane Perlez!!) :)]]></body>
    
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