What Liberal Media?
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| Author | Eric Alterman |
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| Subject | Media bias |
| Publisher | Basic Books |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Pages | 322 |
| ISBN | 978-0-465-00177-4 |
What Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias and the News is a book by columnist Eric Alterman that challenges the widespread conservative belief in a liberal media bias. Alterman argues that the media, as a whole, is not biased liberally, but conservatively.
Critical response
[edit]The Los Angeles Times called the book, "A well-documented, even-tempered and witty answer, I might say antidote, to such toxic recent bestsellers as Bernard Goldberg's 'Bias.'"
Ted Widmer of the New York Times Book Review said "'What Liberal Media' is bold, counterintuitive and cathartic".[1]
The New Yorker said of the book, "A polemic is nothing without passion, and Alterman's argumentative vigor is engaging [and]... the meticulous care with which his arguments are sourced and footnoted is in commendable contrast to the efforts of some of his more fire-breathing opponents."[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Widmer, Ted (2003-03-16). "The Wayward Media". New York Times Book Review. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved 2010-09-23.
- ^ WhatLiberalMedia.com - official website Archived December 30, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
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