The Fox effect : how Roger Ailes turned a network into a propaganda machine / David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt, and Media Matters for America.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307279583
- ISBN: 9780307279583
- Physical Description: vi, 329 p. : ill., map ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2012.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-329). |
Formatted Contents Note: | Intro: Not necessarily the news -- Attack and destroy -- Roger's rise -- The path to the top -- Building the movement -- A terrorist fist jab? -- A Stalin-esque mouthpiece -- Time for a Tea Party -- Violent rhetoric -- Six steps -- Willie Horton-- times a thousand -- The campaign -- A vote for liberty -- One million dollars -- The aftermath -- The puppet master -- Epilogue. |
Summary, etc.: | Reveals how FoxNews has evolved into an aggressive partisan advocate for the Republican party, citing the roles of Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch in promoting agendas that contrast with traditional standards of fairness and objectivity. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Ailes, Roger. Fox News. Television broadcasting of news > United States. Television broadcasting of news > Objectivity > United States. Television and politics > United States. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.