Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy
| Author | Batya Ungar-Sargon |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Encounter Books |
Publication date | 2021 |
| OCLC | 1243909867 |
Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy is a 2021 nonfiction book by Batya Ungar-Sargon.
Premise
[edit]Ungar-Sargon argues that race-conscious perspectives promoted by print media aimed at upper-class, educated audiences have supplanted the class-conscious journalism that characterized earlier periods of U.S. media, dating back to the penny press era, when inexpensive newspapers were widely read across social classes.[1] The book contends that identity politics and cultural issues have become central to media coverage, which it describes as "catering almost exclusively to the interests of urban, upper-class liberals".[2] The Washington Independent Review of Books described the book as "the most penetrating analysis" of the current state of mainstream media.[3]
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Stengel, Richard (October 7, 2023). "Press Gangs: Four recent books wrangle with threats to — and from — the American news media". The New York Times.
- González-Gallarza, Jorge (November 19, 2021), "How the News Got Woke—and Why It Matters", City Journal (book review)
- Delamaide, Darrell (January 13, 2022), "Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy", Washington Independent Review of Books (book review)
External links
[edit]- Discussion with Ungar-Sargon on Bad News, hosted by the American Enterprise Institute, October 18, 2021, C-SPAN
- Washington Journal interview with Ungar-Sargon on Bad News, October 24, 2021, C-SPAN
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