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The Battle To Control America's Media
Holt Paperbacks
January 2008
On Sale: January 8, 2008
368 pages
ISBN: 080508729X
EAN: 9780805087291
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Non-Fiction
An “admirably researched and lucidly written”
investigation of the corporate takeover of the media—and
what it means for Americans —that “should serve as a wake-up
call” (Daniel Schorr, NPR) For the residents of Minot, North Dakota, Clear Channel
Communications is synonymous with disaster. When a train
derailment sent a cloud of poisonous gas drifting toward the
small town, Minot’s fire and rescue departments attempted to
use local radio to warn residents of the approaching threat.
But in the age of canned programming, there was no one at
the six local non-religious commercial stations, all owned
by Clear Channel, to take the call. The result for the
people of Minot: one death and more than a thousand
injuries.
Opening with the story of the Minot
tragedy, Fighting for Air takes us into the world of
preprogrammed radio shows, empty television news stations,
and copycat newspapers to show how expanding conglomerate
ownership of all media has harmed American political and
cultural life—and how malign neglect by the federal
government allowed it to happen. In a call for action,
Fighting for Air also reveals a rising generation of
activists and citizen journalists who are insisting on the
local coverage we need and deserve.
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