Hot Air: All Talk, All The Time
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ISBN: 0465030742 / Publisher: Basic Books, September 1997
A behind-the-scenes look at the burgeoning growth of talk shows in America analyzes the excesses, conflicts, and impact of these powerful programs on American politics, popular culture, and social interaction
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Kurtz takes readers into the studio for an in-depth and disturbing look at the performers and pundits behind today’s television and radio talk shows and at their corrosive influence on America’s social, political, and moral fabric. From Rush Limbaugh and Don Imus to Michael Kinsley and the McLaughlin Group, he guides us through our brave new electronic democracy, pointing out how the culture of celebrity has pervaded and even perverted journalism.
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