Slick Spins and Fractured Facts: How Cultural Myths Distort the News

by Caryl Rivers

Studies the ways the media put their own spin on the news of our sound-bite generation. This book shows how the media follow their biased agenda, unaware of the deep wells of history, prejudice, and primal fear that inform their version of reality, making the reader think twice about the news.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023110152X
• ISBN13: 9780231101523
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher