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Press critics are the fifth estate : media watchdogs in America / Arthur S. Hayes.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Democracy and the newsPublication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.Description: x, 189 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780275999100 (alk. paper)
  • 0275999106 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN4888.C83 H39 2008
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Reed Irvine's accuracy in media : barking at the "liberal media" -- 3. Let a thousand bloggers swarm -- 4. Ben H. Bagdikian : ahead of the curve -- 5. The Washington News Council : third-party intervention -- 6. FAIR : press criticism from a progressive think tank -- 7. Brill's content : "an inside-the-sausage-factory look at media for people who eat sausages, not those who make them" -- 8. Public journalism : press criticism as an ongoing experiment -- 9. Press criticism as a laughing matter -- 10. It takes a watchdog and a village : news media accountability in seven days -- 11. A prescription for effective press criticism in a democracy.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-185) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Reed Irvine's accuracy in media : barking at the "liberal media" -- 3. Let a thousand bloggers swarm -- 4. Ben H. Bagdikian : ahead of the curve -- 5. The Washington News Council : third-party intervention -- 6. FAIR : press criticism from a progressive think tank -- 7. Brill's content : "an inside-the-sausage-factory look at media for people who eat sausages, not those who make them" -- 8. Public journalism : press criticism as an ongoing experiment -- 9. Press criticism as a laughing matter -- 10. It takes a watchdog and a village : news media accountability in seven days -- 11. A prescription for effective press criticism in a democracy.