Sound and Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy by Eric Alterman
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- Pub. Date: January 2000
- Publisher: Cornell University Press
- Format: Paperback, 336pp
- ISBN-13: 9780801486395
- ISBN: 0801486394
- Edition Number: 1
- Edition Description: REV
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This is a revised and expanded version of a 1993 book in which Nation columnist Alterman lamented the decline of political discourse in America and blamed its sorry state on the rise of political pundits--those talking heads and self-proclaimed experts who appear on television so frequently. We now live in a Punditocracy, Alterman wrote; our very democracy is "imperiled by the decrepit state of our national public discourse." This edition has been revised to reflect the changes in that discourse over the past six years--especially the Clinton era explosion of punditry and the rise of cable television wonks. Alterman still tends toward hyperbole and overstatement, but he nonetheless astutely points a finger at the superficial, vitriolic state of American political discussion and seeks to revive enlightened discussion in public discourse. Recommended for public and academic libraries.--Michael A. Genovese, Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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Sound and Fury: The Making of the Punditocracyby Anonymous
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June 21, 2003: All you need to do to prove the authors points is to watch cable and network 'news' programs, read almost any column or article in just about any 'news'paper or magazine (including so-called liberal magazines), or even watch just about any television entertainment program. Anything even approching an actual liberal viewpoint is stopped immediatly by either yelling opposition views until the speaker stops talking or stopping the speaker outright. Liberal viewpoints, honestly liberal viewpoints not just the 'Im a liberal but....' sort of viewpoints, are just about nonexistant in print media. This author has done a good job of dispelling the myth of a 'liberal media bias'.
Sound and Fury: The Making of the Punditocracyby Anonymous
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July 18, 2000: The title says it all. I simply cannot bear to watch 'roundtable' discussions anymore. These pundits are an insult and dangerously insideous in our culture. Unfortuneatly, no one seems to care to get them off the air once and for all, especially anyone who works at the Fox News Network.
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