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Tables of Contents for Our Unfree Press
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Robert W. McChesney and Ben Scott,
Introduction
1
30
PART I: "OUR MASTER'S VOICE"
31
146
Concentration of Ownership
33
44
George Seldes,
The House of Lords" from Lords of the Press (1938)
35
12
Oswald Garrison Villard,
The Disappearing Daily" from The Disappearing Daily (1944)
47
13
Robert W. McChesney,
"U.S. Media at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century" from Rich Media, Poor Democracy (2000)
60
17
Interlocking Web of Business Interests
77
42
Henry George Jr.,
"Bondage of the Press" from The Menace of Privilege (1906)
78
14
Charles Edward Russell,
"These Days in American Journalism" from The International Socialist Review (1911)
92
10
Upton Sinclair,
"Owning the Owners" from The Brass Check (1920)
102
4
George Seldes,
"Big Business and the Press" from Freedom of the Press (1935)
106
13
Advertising
119
58
Will Irwin,
"The Advertising Influence" from The American Newspaper (1911)
121
11
James Rorty,
"The Business Nobody Knows" from Our Master's Voice (1934)
132
6
George Seldes,
"The Power of Advertising" from Freedom of the Press (1935)
138
16
Morris Ernst,
"Advertising" from The First Freedom (1946)
154
6
Gloria Stegnem,
"Sex, Lies & Advertising" from Ms. (1990)
160
17
PART II: DEMOCRATIC CONTRADICTIONS OF COMMERCIAL JOURNALISM
177
 
Profit and Partisan Politics Undermine Public Service
179
122
Edward A. Ross,
"The Suppression of Important News" from Changing America (1912)
181
12
Silas Beat,
"The Art of Ballyhoo" from Ballyhoo (1927)
193
14
John Dewey,
"Our Un-Free Press" from Common Sense (1935)
207
4
Morris Ernst,
"The Vanishing Market Place of Thought" from The First Freedom (1946)
211
9
The Hutchins Commission,
"The Problem and the Principles" from A Free and Responsible Press (1947)
220
9
Warren Breed,
"Social Control in the Newsroom: A Functional Analysis" from Social Forces (1955)
229
16
"Why a Review of Journalism?" from Columbia Journalism Review (1962)
245
2
The Kerner Commission,
The News Media and the Disorders" from Report of the National Advisory Commission of Civil Disorders (1968)
247
25
Gloria Steinem,
"Night Thoughts of a Media Watcher" from Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (1983)
272
3
Ben Bagdikian,
"The Growing Gap" from The Media Monopoly (1983)
275
12
Brent Cunningham,
"Re-thinking Objectivity" from Columbia Journalism Review (2003)
287
14
Free Press and Democracy
301
 
"Code of Ethics" and "Integrity of the Press" from the Founding Statements of the American Newspaper Guild (1934)
303
2
Leo C. Rosten,
"The Corps, the Press, and Democracy" from The Washington Correspondents (1937)
305
22
Alfred McClung Lee,
"Violations of Press Freedom in America" from Journalism Quarterly (1938)
327
11
W.E.B. Du Bois,
"On the Collection of Honest News" and "On the Right to Express and Hear Unpopular Opinion" from the National Guardian (1953)
338
5
C. Wright Mills,
"The Mass Society" from The Power Elite (1956)
343
22
Jerome A. Barron,
"Access to the Press-A New First Amendment Right" from Harvard Law Review (1967)
365
34
Gaye Tuchman,
"News as the Reproduction of the Status Quo: A Summary" from Making News (1978)
399
6
Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky,
"Propaganda Mill" from The Progressive (1988)
405
7
Mark Hertsgaard,
"A Palace Court Press" from On Bended Knee (1988)
412
18
Robert Jensen,
"The Military's Media" from The Progressive (2003)
430