News From Nowhere Now: Television and the News

What accounts for the picture of reality we get in the media? Edward Jay Epstein's classic study News From Nowhere revealed how financial and political considerations shaped te selection of news on television in 1973? His new book, News From Nowhere Redux show how and television news has changed in 2011.

Praise For News From Nowhere

- "A complex, fascinating book...Mr. Epstein shows that no educated citizen should rely exclusively on TV news, but also that none should fail to watch it."
-Edmund Fuller, Wall Street Journal

- "This book is burnished with insights on virtually every page. Epstein's analysis seems top me incontestable, and is offered woth great cogency, elegance, and sophistication."
- Stephen J. Whitefield, Brandeis University

-"The best book ever written about any aspect of Television."
-Richard Schickel