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It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News
It's Not News It's Fark How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News
Author: Drew Curtis
ISBN-13: 9781592402915
ISBN-10: 1592402917
Publication Date: 5/31/2007
Pages: 288
Rating:
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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3.8 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Gotham
Book Type: Hardcover
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gkat6120 avatar reviewed It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News on + 9 more book reviews
A fun read... that explores all the "news" that is not really news, but rather filler for a slow news day or an afternoon/weekend off for "news reporters" that really just cut-and-paste from "reliable sources" and "editors" that don't read and match the headlines to the actual facts of the story.

Explores FARK categories of: media fearmongering, unpaid ad placement, equal time for nutjobs, out of context celebrity quotes, seasonal articles, media fatigue, and media space fillers - and in the end offers a less than hopeful solution to the "crap that is passed off as news".