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The death and life of American journalism, the media revolution that will begin the world again, Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-318) and index

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The death and life of American journalism

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Robert W. McChesney, John Nichols

the media revolution that will begin the world again

Daily newspapers are closing across America. Washington bureaus are shuttering; whole areas of the federal government are now operating with no press coverage. International bureaus are going, going, gone. Journalism, the counterbalance to corporate and political power, the lifeblood of American democracy, is not just threatened. It is in meltdown. In The Death and Life of American Journalism, Robert W. McChesney, an academic, and John Nichols, a journalist, who together founded the nation's leading media reform network, Free Press, investigate the crisis. They propose a bold strategy for saving journalism that looks back to how the Founding Fathers ensured free press protection with the First Amendment and provided subsidies to the burgeoning print press of the young nation.-publisher description

American crisis, American opportunity -- The crisis in journalism -- Flawed choices, false hopes -- Why the State -- Subsidizing democracy -- The age of the possible -- Appendix I: Founding principles -- Appendix II: Ike, MacArthur, and the forging of free and independent press -- Appendix III: Sources for the book's charts

Media revolution that will begin the world again