It's Not News, It's Fark How Mass Media Tries to Pass off Crap As News

Name: It's Not News, It's Fark How Mass Media Tries to Pass off Crap As News
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ISBN: 9781592403660

ISBN-10: 1592403662

ISBN-13: 9781592403660

Edition: 2008

Authors: Drew Curtis

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Now in paperback, the hilarious exposA(c) on the media gone awry, from the creator of the wildly popular Fark.com Have you ever noticed certain patterns in the news you see and read each day? Perhaps itas the blatant fear-mongering in the absence of facts on your local six oaclock news (aTsunami could hit the Atlantic any day!a Everybody panic!), or the seasonal articles that appear year after year (aRoads will be crowded this holiday season.a Thanks, AAA.) "Itas Not News, Itas Fark" is Drew Curtisas clever examination of the state of the media today and a hilarious look at the go-to stories mass media uses when thereas just not enough hard news to fill a newspaper or a news broadcast. Drew…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 278
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



What Is Fark?


Media Fearmongering


Unpaid Placement Masquerading as Actual Article


Headline Contradicted by Actual Article


Equal Time for Nutjobs


The Out-of-Context Celebrity Comment


Seasonal Articles


Media Fatigue


Lesser Media Space Fillers


Epilogue: What Should Mass Media Be Doing Instead?


Acknowledgments


Index