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  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781888363807
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $35.00

The More You Watch the Less You Know

News Wars/(sub)Merged Hopes/Media Adventures




A candid insider's tale of how the media really works and why it doesn't work the way it should, The More You Watch, The Less You Know has emerged as a key catalyst in the debate on media reform. The More You Watch, The Less You Know recounts Schechter's media adventures, from when he was "Danny Schechter the News Dissector" on Boston's WBCN radio, to his stints as a producer at ABC's 20/20 and CNN, to his personal odyssey chronicling the anti-Apartheid revolution in South Africa, to his development of innovative programming like South Africa Now and Rights & Wrongs as an independent producer. In this age of telecommunications bills and media mergers, The More You Watch, The Less You Know is an insider’s passionate plea for freedom of the (electronic) press.

  • Published: 1 August 2011
  • ISBN: 9781888363807
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $35.00

About the author

DANNY SCHECHTER

DANNY SCHECHTER is the executive editor of Mediachannel.org, the world’s largest online media issues network, where he also maintains a daily media blog. One of the first producers of CNN, he later won two Emmys as a producer for ABC’s 20/20. His books include The More You Watch, The Less You Know, and he is an independent filmmaker, whose work includes WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception, which analyzes media coverage of the Iraq war.

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