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

Author: McChesney, Robert Waterman, 1952-

Edition Statement:1st Nation Books ed.

Imprint:Philadelphia : Nation Books, 2010.

Descriptionxvii, 334 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note: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.

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

Note:Argues that the current economic model for the support of news gathering and dissemination is no longer viable, but that professional journalism is so important for a democracy that government subsidies are necessary to preserve it.

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