01780cam a2200337 i 4500 1007016248 TxGeo 20231006120000.0 210415s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781682194072 pbk. 1682194078 pbk. (OCoLC)1246214656 TxGeo rda Taibbi, Matt, author. Hate Inc : why today's media makes us despise one another : with a new post-election preface / Matt Taibbi. Why today's media makes us despise one another. Hate Incorporated. ©2021. New York, NY : OR Books, [2021] xviii, 294 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "First trade edition published by OR Books/Counterpoint Press, 2019."--Title page verso. Provides an insider's guide to the variety of ways today's mainstream media tells us lies. Part tirade, part confessional, Taibbi reveals that what most people think of as "the news" is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business. In the Internet age, the press have mastered the art of monetizing anger, paranoia, and distrust. Taibbi, who has spent much of his career covering elections in which this kind of manipulative activity is most egregious, provides a taxonomic survey of American political journalism's dirty tricks. --From publisher description. 20231016. Mass media Political aspects United States. Mass media and culture United States. Mass media and propaganda United States. QS5