Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy
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| Author | Batya Ungar-Sargon |
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| 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
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]
Reception
The Washington Independent Review of Books described the book as "the most penetrating analysis" of the current state of mainstream media.[3]
The Jewish Book Council listed the book in its 2021–2022 JBC Network season.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Stengel 2023.
- ↑ González-Gallarza 2021.
- ↑ Delamaide 2022.
- ↑ "2021–2022 Network Books". Official website. Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2026-08-25.
Sources
- 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)
Further reading
- Emina Melonic (Winter 2021–2022), "Anti-American Dream", Claremont Review of Books (book review),
Ungar-Sargon persuasively demonstrates that the media fabricate with facility and manipulate reality.
- Kevin Mims (October 25, 2021), "Bad News—A Review", Quillette (book review)