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Article: Not what they had in mind: a persistent critic says today's press isn't what the founding fathers envisioned.(Books)(The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the 21st Century)(Book Review)
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- American Journalism Review
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- June 1, 2004
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The Problem of the Media: U.S. Communication Politics in the 21st Century
By Robert McChesney
Monthly Review Press
368 pages; $16.95
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True or false: The United States enjoys a press that developed relatively independent of government, is guided by public tastes and needs, and fulfills a crucial role envisioned by our founders.
False, false and false, argues the tireless press critic Robert McChesney, in the latest in a series of works lobbying for reform. The American press, he says, has historically depended far more on government policies than it likes to acknowledge. Commercial imperatives ...
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