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Author Brock, David, 1962-

Title The Fox effect : how Roger Ailes turned a network into a propaganda machine / David Brock, Ari Rabin-Havt, and Media Matters for America.

Imprint New York : Anchor Books, c2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  302.2345 B782f 2012    ---  Available
Description vi, 329 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-329).
Contents Introduction: Not necessarily the news -- Part I: Attack and destroy. Roger's rise ; The path to the top -- Part II: 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 -- Part III: The campaign. A vote for liberty ; One million dollars -- Part IV: The aftermath. The puppet master ; Epilogue.
Summary Reveals how Fox News 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.
Subject Ailes, Roger.
Fox News.
Television broadcasting of news -- United States.
Television broadcasting of news -- Objectivity -- United States.
Television and politics -- United States.
Added Author Rabin-Havt, Ari.
Mediamatters.org.
ISBN 9780307279583 (trade pbk.)
0307279588 (trade pbk.)
9780307947680 (ebook)
0307947688 (ebook)
Standard No. NZ1 14188632
AU@ 000047970937

 
    
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