Junk News: The Failure of the Media in the 21st Century (Speaker's Corner)

In this salient critique of the American media, veteran journalist Tom Fenton exposes the dangerous failings of our news organizations and the fundamental problems with how they present world news. Junk News is a stirring call to reform the faltering "fourth estate" and to take the blinders off our citizens for the sake of our security. Tom Fenton is a four-time Emmy Award–winning journalist and was the senior foreign correspondent for CBS News. He is the author of Bad News: The Decline of Reporting, the Business of News, and the Danger to Us All . He currently works as a BBC commentator. "In this critique of the American media, veteran journalist Tom Fenton exposes the dangerous failings of our news organizations and the fundamental problems with how they present world news." "Noting that topics like the pet-food scandal or Paris Hilton receive around-the-clock coverage and that major world events go virtually unreported, Fenton analyzes the fundamental problems with how the media gathers and presents world news. Using real-world examples and practical insight, Fenton shows how and why an institution so vital to our democracy is crumbling while Americans remain in a cocoon of ignorance."--BOOK JACKET Blinkered and blindsided -- The way it was -- What went wrong -- The lesson not learned -- Consequences -- Collateral damage -- What we can do