Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media by Michael Parenti. In this latest study of "who controls the media," political scientist Parenti continues the basic argument set forth in his earlier popular works Democracy for the Few (LJ 11/15/77) and Power and the Powerless (LJ 10/15/78)in which he portrayed the existing power structure as under the control of a corporate or political elite. Some selectivity is inevitable, and, by its nature, selectivity is conducive to a measure of bias.
He explains in no uncertain terms exactly how the corporate-owned news media serves ITSELF, and all its other investments, FAR ahead of The American People OR the cause of by:įrom Michael Parenti, Inventing Reality: The Politics of News Media (Wadsworth, ) No communication system can report everything that happens in public life. Cited by: I haven't read "Inventing Reality: The Politics of the News Media" for a number of years, but nevertheless feel able to say a few words about it. (c) varies: The politics of the mass media. Edition Notes Includes bibliographical references (p.
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