Scooped! - Media Miss Real Story on Crime While Chasing Sex, Sleaze, and Celebrities (Paperback, Revised)

Why do so many American's know so much about "celebrity" criminals like Joey Buttafuoco and so little about crime? If crime is down, why is there so much mayhem on television news and in the newspapers? Why have respected news organizations followed the tabloid pied piper to the margins of legitimacy? Do politicians really believe that draconian sentences and more prisons will eliminate crime? These and other questions are explored in this book, which attempts to make sense of crime, crime news, and crime policy in America.;It traces the impact of tabloid contagion that began to spread with the appearance in 1986 of "A Current Affair," Rupert Murdoch's trend-setting television programme that trafficked "in stories about love triangles, sex fiends, and naughty girls, the bacon and eggs of the British tabloid breakfast.";The author, a former crime reporter, concludes that while the media increasingly focused on trivial sleaze, celebrity scandals, and gruesome but unrepresentive crimes, it neglected a far more important crime story: the collapse of the American criminal justice system as a cost-efficent, equitable deterrent. He argues that crime trends and crime policy have little to

General

Imprint:	Columbia University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 1999
First published:	October 1999
Authors:	David J Krajicek
Dimensions:	222 x 146 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	240
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-231-10293-3
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism Promotions
LSN:	0-231-10293-3
Barcode:	9780231102933

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