Distorted Landscape: A Critique of Leftist Narratives in Media and Politics - Hardcover

Eveland, Philip J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1475982895 ISBN 13: 9781475982893

Publisher: iUniverse, 2013

Synopsis

Polls indicate that the newsrooms and editorial boards of America's largest news organizations are overwhelmingly populated with self-described progressives, or Leftists. This high concentration of Leftists in newsrooms has created an echo chamber that insulates journalists, editors, and producers from opposing viewpoints and alternative political opinion. Timely and hard-hitting, Distorted Landscape examines the deceptively false narratives crafted by Leftists in the media and by politicians about the issues of guns and race, war and peace, and wealth and charity. Philip J. Eveland shows how journalists, along with their political comrades, who possess this echo-chamber mentality, slant the narrative toward the political Left. Eveland presents several examples of how the media's Leftist bias distorts the landscape of current affairs and politics, distracting the public's attention away from the core issues by instead focusing on the symptoms rather than the causes of the chronic problems plaguing the nation. His blunt critique of this disturbing trend makes a strong case for greater transparency among politicians and the media. Gain a new appreciation for the depth and extent of Leftist media bias and learn how to glean the truth on the issues of today with Distorted Landscape.

About this title

About the Author:

Philip J. Eveland is a veteran of the US Navy's submarine service and has been a defense analyst for more than fifteen years. He received a degree in diplomacy and military studies from Hawaii Pacific University and continued his graduate studies at Norwich University. Eveland currently lives in northern Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: iUniverse
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1475982895
• ISBN 13: 9781475982893
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350