[ecrea] The Death and Life of American Journalism

> My new book, 
> <http://www.amazon.com/Death-Life-American-Journalism-Revolution/dp/1568586051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247782505&sr=1-1>The 
> Death and Life of American Journalism, which I 
> wrote with my friend John Nichols, has just been 
> published this last week by Nation Books. I 
> think it is the best and most important book we 
> have written, and of the utmost importance. It 
> provides a comprehensive and original 
> explanation of the current crisis in journalism, 
> a critique of the current favored ?solutions? to 
> the crisis, and an argument for strong public 
> subsidies to create a viable, independent news 
> media. It is based on years of research, but has 
> been written to address the deep crisis of the 
> immediate moment and visible future.
>
> I hope this book will interest you and you will 
> consider reading it. For a taste of our 
> argument, see 
> <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100125/nichols_mcchesney>this 
> week?s cover story in 
> <http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100125/nichols_mcchesney>The 
> Nation. We also discussed the book with David 
> Brancaccio on <http://www.pbs.org/now/>PBS?s NOW on Friday, January 15.
>
> The argument and the proposals we make are 
> controversial and go against the conventional 
> wisdom, so we provide considerable original 
> evidence to make our case. The response from 
> experts who have read the book has been 
> heartening. Lawrence Lessig calls it a 
> ?beautifully crafted and compelling book.? Juan 
> Gonzalez calls it ?the best depiction yet of the 
> rapid disintegration of America?s old system of 
> news.? Mark Crispin Miller calls it a ?landmark 
> history/diagnosis of our current journalistic 
> crisis.? Dan Rather said ?This is an important 
> book. It offers many new sunbursts of thought.? 
> After reading the book, Naomi Klein said of us, 
> ?no two people are more dedicated to the 
> transformative, democratizing power of 
> journalism not as it is, but as it should be.?
>
> If you wish to purchase it online, in addition 
> to 
> <http://www.amazon.com/Death-Life-American-Journalism-Revolution/dp/1568586051/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1247782505&sr=1-1>Amazon 
> or 
> <http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781568586052-0>Powell's<http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9781568586052-0> 
> or any other vendor, you might consider ordering 
> it through the website of a local independent 
> bookstore. (The website of an independent 
> bookstore we patronize in Madison, 
> <http://www.rainbowbookstore.org/>Rainbow Books, 
> for example, is offering the book at a discount.)
>
> Please consider sending this email on to any 
> friends you think might be interested in the 
> subject. Thanks for your time. I apologize if 
> you get this email more than once, but my 
> address book is impossibly difficult to edit, at least for me.
>
> If you do read the book, I would love to get your feedback.
>
> Happy new year.
>
> Bob McChesney
>
> PS­For my friends outside the United States, 
> John and I think the book may have value for 
> other nations as they address their crises in 
> journalism as well. This is an international crisis.

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