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Book SynopsisWhile talking heads debate the media''s alleged conservative or liberal bias, award-winning journalist Bonnie Anderson knows that the problem with television news isn''t about the Left versus the Right--it''s all about the money. From illegal hiring practices to ethnocentric coverage to political cheerleading,
News Flash exposes how American broadcast conglomerates'' pursuit of the almighty dollar consistently trumps the need for fair and objective reporting. Along the way to the bottomline, the proud tradition of American television journalism has given way to an entertainment-driven industry that''s losing credibility and viewers by the day.
As someone who has worked as both a broadcast reporter and a network executive, Anderson details how the networks have been co-opted by bottom-line thinking that places more value on a telegenic face than on substantive reporting. Network executivesthe real power in broadcast journalismare increasingly employing tactics and strategies
Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xix
1 The Rise of the Corporate News Networks 1
2 What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You 25
3 This Is Good Business? 41
4 The Good 73
5 The Bad 95
6 And the Ugly 115
7 All Profits, All the Time 149
8 We Report, We Decide 187
9 Strange Bedfellows 201
Conclusion: Rx for TV Journalism 225
Notes 237
The Author 249
Name Index 251
Subject Index 257
