That's the way it is : a history of television news in America /

"When critics decry the current state of our public discourse, one reliably easy target is television news. It's too dumbed-down, they say; it's no longer news but entertainment, celebrity-obsessed and vapid. The critics may be right. But, as Charles L. Ponce de Leon explains in That&...

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Main Author: Ponce de Leon, Charles L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2015]
©2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Beginnings
  • The voice of God
  • Public alternatives
  • News you can use
  • Rebirth
  • The new entertainment
  • Fade to black.