TY - BOOK AU - Parenti,Michael TI - Inventing reality: the politics of news media. SN - 0312020139 (pbk.) : AV - PN4888.P6.P37 U1 - 302.23/0973 20 PY - 1993/// CY - Belmont PB - Wadsworth/Thomson Learning KW - Journalism KW - Political aspects KW - United States KW - Objectivity N1 - Subtitle of earlier ed. (c1986) varies: The politics of the mass media; Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-254) and index; Contents: From Cronkite's complaint to Orwell's oversight -- Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one -- Who controls the news? -- Objectivity and government manipulation -- The big sell -- Giving labor the business -- "Liberal" media, conservative bias -- The Media fight the red menace -- Doing the third world -- For the new world order -- Propaganda themes -- Methods of misrepresentation -- Culture, control and resistance -- ER -