Bad News [electronic resource] : How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy
Batya Ungar-Sargon2021
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Something is wrong with American journalism. Long before "fake news" became the
calling card of the Right, Americans had lost faith in their news media. But
lately, the feeling that something is off has become impossible to ignore.
That's because the majority of our mainstream news is no longer just liberal;
it's woke. Today's newsrooms are propagating radical ideas that were fringe as
recently as a decade ago, including "antiracism," intersectionality, open
borders, and critical race theory. How did this come to be?
It all has to do with who our news media is written by-and who it is written
for. In Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy, Batya Ungar-Sargon
reveals how American journalism underwent a status revolution over the twentieth
century-from a blue-collar trade to an elite profession. As a result,
journalists shifted their focus away from the working class and toward the
concerns of their affluent, highly educated peers. With the rise of the Internet
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Main title:
Bad News [electronic resource] : How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy / Batya Ungar-Sargon
Author:
Batya Ungar-Sargon, Author
Imprint:
United States : Encounter Books, 2021
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (280 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781641772075
Language:
English
BRN:
427705
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