journalism, infotainment, and the bottom-line business of broadcast news /
First Statement of Responsibility
Bonnie M. Anderson
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
San Francisco :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Jossey-Bass,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2004
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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xxi, 259 p. :
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ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-248) and indexes
CONTENTS NOTE
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The rise of the corporate news networks -- What you don't know can hurt you -- This is good business? -- The good -- The bad -- And the ugly -- All profits, all the time -- We report, we decide -- Strange bedfellows -- Conclusion: Rx for TV journalism
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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While talking heads debate the media's alleged conservative or liberal bias, this author feels that the problem with television news is all about the money. As someone who has worked as both an Emmy-winning broadcast reporter and a network executive, Anderson details how bottom-line thinking places more value on a telegenic face than on substantive reporting. She claims that as news executives employ tactics from the entertainment industry, they betray not only the viewers' right to know, but also, ultimately, the networks' own financial health