Tables of Contents for The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media

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Introduction

Jonathan Kozol

Part I Consolidating Media Power

If a TV News Anchor Talked Straight

Where the Media Momentum Is Headed

Assessing Damages: What About the Media?

And Now...We're in ``Media Jeopardy!''

When Coverage of Media Power Gets Hazy

Part II Shrugging Off Workers

What If We Didn't Need Labor Day?

Media to Americans: You Never Had It So Good

Adam Smith: Too Left-Wing for the Networks?

Great News: Your Wages Aren't Going Up

Part III Giving Short Shrift to the Poor

Going Hungry: News That Really Matters

Only Some Babies Dazzle News Media

Media ``Peep Show'' Gawks at the Poor

Motherhood, Apple Pie and ``Volunteerism''

Part IV Newspeaking

Orwellian Logic 101---A Few Simple Lessons

Retractions of Reporting Are Quite Selective

The Disturbing Eagerness for a Bloody Attack

Behind the News Coverage of Bombing and Bombast

More Important Hoaxes Get Less Scrutiny

``Virtual History''...and Virtual Mendacity

Money Scandals: ``Mr. Smith'' Goes to Washington

Part V Maintaining the Punditocracy

Dream Team for a Media All-Star Game

Some Media Scenes We'd Like to See

If Today's Media Covered Past Eras

Truth or Consequences for News Media

Part VI Deferring to Elites

Elite Preoccupations Leave Other Concerns in Shadows

Press Flails as Lawmakers Make Mess of House

Making Sense of Wall Street's Roller Coaster

Media Encouraged Clinton's Embrace of Fatcats

103

A Hollow Core at the ``Vital Center''

106

Part VII Dancing to Money Tunes

Worshipping the New Media Gods

110

Internet Shopping Network: The Malling of Cyberspace

114

After El Nino Blows Over, ``El Bunko'' Will Remain

117

The Media Habits of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hype

121

When All the World's a Stage---for Cashing In

124

Former ``Red China'' Is the Color of Money

127

Part VIII Wallowing in Some Scandals, Dodging Others

``Unimpeachable Offenses''

131

Wading Through a Flood of Media Cliches

133

News Media Advising Clinton on How to Spin

136

Sex-Scandal Coverage Evades Clinton Contradictions

139

Scandal Distracts as Big Lies Persist

142

How Bush Got a Golden Parachute From Moon

145

Part IX Selective Spinning for Politicians

This Is Your Media Life, Bill Clinton!

149

Bumpy Media Road for a Presidential Drive

152

Five Years Into the Clinton Presidency

155

Part X Confining by Race

Diagnosis for News Media: ``Diversity Fatigue''

159

Honoring King While Clouding His Legacy

162

A Big Story Goes Unreported: White Delusion

166

Black Women Confined in Media Cage

169

A Media Malady: Image Distortion Disorder

172

Part XI Fixating on Fame

Teen People and the Souls of Young Folks

176

Good Grief: When It Reigns, It Pours

180

Thirty Years Later, ``A Day in the Life'' Resonates

183

Part XII Worshipping Media Heroes, Old and New

Letting Media Myths Rest in Peace

187

Time Magazine's Skewed Tribute to Henry Luce

190

The New Media Heroes: ``Corporate Rebels''

194

Katharine Graham's Post

198

Part XIII Expelling Heretics From Media Temples

Newspaper's Conscience Gets Tossed Overboard

208

A Media Tale About Three Men and a Mouse

211

Ignored Oscar Film Sets Inspiring Example

214

Part XIV Shilling for Profitable Hypocrisy

Nuclear Testing Story Has Some Big Holes

219

This Is Your Life, Atomic Flackery!

222

The Partnership for a Candor-Free America

225

News Media Hit Jackpot With State Lotteries

228

All Hail Jerry Springer, the Latest Media Bad Guy

232

Part XV Picking and Choosing the World's Human Rights

U.S. Media Miscast as Human-Rights Watchdogs

236

Media and Memory: The Arrest of a Dictator

239

Poor Journalism South of the Border

242

Netanyahu Benefits From Chronic Media Bias

245

Media Infatuated With Madeleine Albright

248

When ``Economic Freedom'' Bars Chewing Gum

251

Part XVI Boosting Corporate-Backed Think Tanks

Menage a Trois: Cato, Murdoch, Malone

255

Launching Pad for Authors: The Manhattan Institute

264

Part XVII Promoting Serious Absurdity

A Pop Quiz About News Judgment

270

Announcing the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 1997

273

And Now, the P.U.-litzer Prizes for 1998

276

Index

280

Acknowledgments

293

About the Author

294