Talking Heads: Political Talk Shows and Their Star Pundits - Hardcover

Hirsch, Alan

9780312055219: Talking Heads: Political Talk Shows and Their Star Pundits

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312055218 ISBN 13: 9780312055219

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1991

Analyzes the recent spate of "television op-ed page" shows and finds them wanting in substance, citing such media scholars as Noam Chomsky and Jack Germond, who claim such shows trivialize the country's political discourse

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From Publishers Weekly:

TV has been developing its own op-ed "page" ever since William F. Buckley began Firing Line in 1966 (though the origins may actually lie in Edward R. Murrow's See It Now ). Yet according to Maryland lawyer Hirsch, such programs as The McLaughlin Group , Capital Gang , Crossfire and Nightline give the appearance--but not the essence--of political debate. While journalists who appear regularly on these shows often become celebrities, Hirsch objects to the narrow political spectrum of the programs, with the far right and the far left rarely, if ever, represented. This argument in favor of more thoughtful and wide-ranging on-air analysis is a model of its kind.
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