REVIEW: ‘Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy with Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People’ by Steve Krakauer
Steve Krakauer is a journalist and he’s here to help. That sounds almost as terrifying as a government bureaucrat offering assistance, per Ronald Reagan’s famous quip. Perhaps even more terrifying given that Americans these days are more likely to say they trust the federal government than say the same about the mainstream media.
Nevertheless, this particular journalist might be on to something. Krakauer’s new book, Uncovered: How the Media Got Cozy with Power, Abandoned Its Principles, and Lost the People , is a thoughtful critique of an industry that deserves to be distrusted, and in some cases despised.
The author, whose résumé includes stints at NBC, Fox News, and CNN (during the Jeff Zucker era), is uniquely positioned to explain how the media squandered the public’s trust, and what they might do […]
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