Apathy and the Media: You Give the People What They Want to Know, Not What They Ought to Know

By Kenneth Quade

Apathy and the Media is one concerned citizen's response to the growing media monopoly on information vital to the health of our democracy. In this scathing indictment of the American media, Kenneth... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0533154812
• ISBN13: 9780533154814
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Vantage Press
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 8.1"

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A message vital to the survival of a democratic state.

Written by Wisconsin resident and concerned citizen Kenneth Quade, Apathy and the Media: You Give People What They Want To Know, Not What They Ought To Know is a severe indictment of the improprieties of modern-day media, including newspaper, television, and other venues of delivering "news". Apathy and the Media reveals how the media had access to information pointing toward an oil shortage and an energy crisis for decades prior to today's modern debacle; how the media has recklessly urged Americans to spend and consume without worrying about the consequences of neglecting recycling or planned obsolescence; and how vital information the public needs to know is either not reported at all or buried amid ridiculous trivia and meaningless pop culture stories. Quade speaks of his own experience trying to write letters, create and deliver presentations, and get the word out. He struggled to raise awareness about excessive gas guzzling and inefficient vehicle mileage; the deleterious effects of the Alaskan oil pipeline; and biotechnological efforts to genetically modify human beings, or even enable artificial human reproduction without pregnancy. Access to abortion and information about the gender of a fetus has already started to skew the male/female population ratio in other nations; how long before America is directly affected? Above all, Apathy and the Media warns readers not to trust the media to tell them all they need to know, and encourages them to search for solutions to the stranglehold that commercial empires have on the disbursement of information - a message vital to the survival of a democratic state.