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News For All the People
Joseph Torres
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Description for News For All the People
Paperback. Bestselling narrative history of American media that puts race at the center of the story Num Pages: B&W plate section. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFSL1; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 34. Weight in Grams: 614.
From colonial newspapers to the Internet age, America's racial divisions have played a central role in the creation of the country's media system, just as the media has contributed to-and every so often, combated-racial oppression. This acclaimed book-called a "masterpiece" by the esteemed scholar Robert W. McChesney and chosen as one of 2011's best books by the Progressive-reveals how racial segregation distorted the information Americans have received, even as it depicts the struggle of Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American journalists who fought to create a vibrant yet little-known alternative, democratic press.
Written in an exciting, story-driven style and replete ... Read more
From colonial newspapers to the Internet age, America's racial divisions have played a central role in the creation of the country's media system, just as the media has contributed to-and every so often, combated-racial oppression. This acclaimed book-called a "masterpiece" by the esteemed scholar Robert W. McChesney and chosen as one of 2011's best books by the Progressive-reveals how racial segregation distorted the information Americans have received, even as it depicts the struggle of Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American journalists who fought to create a vibrant yet little-known alternative, democratic press.
Written in an exciting, story-driven style and replete ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
453
Condition
New
Number of Pages
476
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844671113
SKU
V9781844671113
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About Joseph Torres
Juan González is a two-time winner of the George Polk Award for commentary and former president of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. He is the co-host of the nationally syndicated TV and radio show Democracy Now! and is a staff columnist for New York's Daily News. His previous books include Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America; ... Read more
Reviews for News For All the People
Juan González and Joseph Torres have rendered a splendid public service with this highly readable and engrossing story of how the press sees-and doesn't see-who we are as a people. Race and ethnicity, power and privilege, the visible and the invisible are at the core of our democratic crisis today, and it's hard to imagine a better way to face ... Read more