"Merchants Of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts" by Jill Abramson (2019)

Nonfiction"Merchants Of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts" by Jill Abramson (2019)

Posted July 3, 2022 by Owl in Books

A former editor of the New York Times takes an unsparing look at the decline of US journalism and the rise of the internet.

I found this book to be very eye-opening on the decline of journalism and the rise of click-bait and internet "news." Long but rewarding inside look into the NYT as well as other companies as digital ascends and journalism declines.

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heartwitch

July 6, 2022

Hm. Am reading Goodreads reviews, and apparently she plagiarized a number of short passages? Awkward.

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Owl [OP]

July 8, 2022

Not sure about that, although I did hear about the controversy after I read the book, but I didn't investigate it. But she did expose some powerful people.

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heartwitch

July 3, 2022

Thanks for the rec. I'll put it on the to-read list.

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Posted July 3, 2022 by Owl

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