About the Author:
Stephen J. Farnsworth is associate professor of political science at Mary Washington College and a former newspaper journalist. S. Robert Lichter is professor of communication at George Mason University, where he directs the Center for Media and Public Affairs, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media research organization.
Review:
Teachers of courses on campaigns and the media in politics will find The Nightly News Nightmare useful for engaging their students in discussions about timely and important topics related to news coverage. (Presidential Studies Quarterly)
At last, the careful documenting of the decline and fall of the TV networks' coverage of presidential elections. Farnsworth and Lichter give us the evidence we need to judge how Jennings, Rather, and Brokaw will report the next campaign. Now you be the jury! (Stephen Hess, The Brookings Institution)
Be afraid! Be very afraid! (Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia)
The Nightly News Nightmare is destined to become a classic text of its genre that non-academic readers will enjoy as much as professional scholars and political specialists. (Free-Lance Star, Fredericksburg, Virginia)
Academics and journalists will be especially interested in this book. (Library Journal)
A gold mine of data collected by the Center for Media and Public Affairs over the course of the four presidential election cycles from 1988 to the present. Scholars, practitioners, and political observers will be delighted at the prospect of a long-term analysis of these data. The book is written in a lively, yet serious, style that will engage nonacademic readers with a general interest in politics and campaigns. (Diana Owen, Georgetown University)
As we get deeper into campaign season the media companies would do well to take some of this book's [other] criticism's to heart. (Nationaljournal.com)
If you are looking for a concise description of news trends in recent presidential elections, this book is an easy choice. (Press/Politics)
Overall, this study is illuminating, compellingly presented, and scary—but frightening only if changes in the way media cover campaigns are not made. (Journalism History)
The Nightly News Nightmare is a treasure trove of data, trenchant criticisms of the status quo, and intelligent prescriptions for imporvement . . . should be on every political communication scholar's bookshelf. (Journal Of Communication)
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