The Fair Reader: An Extra! Review of Press and Politics in the '90s

by Jim Naureckas and Janine Jackson

Book Overview

Why did major news outlets virtually ignore the only cost-effective plan for universal health care coverage--even though polls showed the plan had majority support? Why did leading journalists go out of their way to attack Bill Clinton's rivals in the 1992 Democratic primary--while focusing unprecedented attention on Clinton's personal life? Why do establishment media consider falling unemployment to be bad news? In the tradition of I.F...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367307510
• ISBN13: 9780367307516
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.4"