{"product_id":"press-critics-are-the-fifth-estate","title":"Press Critics Are the Fifth Estate","description":"\u003cp\u003eRobust, uninhibited, provocative, and even scurrilous criticism of corporate media by the Fifth Estate—composed of private citizens and watchdog and partisan groups of all stripes—is vital to the functioning of the American democratic process. Hayes reviews the historical development of press criticism since the 1880s in each of ten categories: muckrakers, journalism reviews, columnists and authors, television press critics, press councils, advocacy groups, scholars, ombudsmen, bloggers, and satirists. The author provides nine case studies of recent press criticism campaigns that have, though widely vilified as uncivil or marginalized as kooky, contributed significantly to checking the pretensions of corporate media to an unwholesome monopoly on journalistic truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePress Critics Are the Fifth Estate\u003c\/i\u003e is the first serious book about the press to treat Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert as important and effective watchdogs of corporate media. Hayes's other case studies include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBen Bagdikian vs. media conglomerates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebloggers vs. CBS, CNN, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSteve Brill and Brill's Content\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJeff Cohen and FAIR\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReed Irvine and Accuracy in Media\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarl Jensen and Project Censored\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProject for Excellence in Journalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJay Rosen and Civic Journalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Product","offer_id":54250793271640,"sku":"9780275999100","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/press-critics-are-the-fifth-estate","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}