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

Drew Curtis

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Description:Now in paperback, the hilarious expos 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 it's the blatant fear-mongering in the absence of facts on your local six o'clock news ("Tsunami could hit the Atlantic any day!" Everybody panic!), or the seasonal articles that appear year after year ("Roads will be crowded this holiday season." Thanks, AAA.) "It's Not News, It's Fark" is Drew Curtis's clever examination of the state of the media today and a hilarious look at the go-to stories mass media uses when there's just not enough hard news to fill a newspaper or a news broadcast. Drew exposes eight stranger-than-fiction media patterns that prove just how little reporting is going on in the world of reporters today. "It's Not News, It's Fark" examines all the "news" that was never fit for print in the first place, and promises to have you laughing along the way.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News. To get started finding It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Gotham Books

Release: 2007

ISBN: 1101216921

Description: Now in paperback, the hilarious expos 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 it's the blatant fear-mongering in the absence of facts on your local six o'clock news ("Tsunami could hit the Atlantic any day!" Everybody panic!), or the seasonal articles that appear year after year ("Roads will be crowded this holiday season." Thanks, AAA.) "It's Not News, It's Fark" is Drew Curtis's clever examination of the state of the media today and a hilarious look at the go-to stories mass media uses when there's just not enough hard news to fill a newspaper or a news broadcast. Drew exposes eight stranger-than-fiction media patterns that prove just how little reporting is going on in the world of reporters today. "It's Not News, It's Fark" examines all the "news" that was never fit for print in the first place, and promises to have you laughing along the way.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News. To get started finding It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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