It's Not News, It's Fark : How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap as News

New York: Gotham Books, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. This is that absolute rarity: the right book at the right time. It puts the news is perspective-and mass media on the spot-by showing how little of it is news at all. I laughed, I cried, I wised up. In fact at one point I laughed so hard I almost threw up. Readers who want to know where that happened need to buy this book ans read the item about Homeland Security and goats." [Stephen King]. From the creator of Fark.com, an exposé on the media gone awry, revealing the hysterical, often outrageous non-news that passes for newsworthy today. Have you ever found yourself noticing certain patterns in the news you see and read each day? Perhaps it’s the blatant fear-mongering in the absence of facts on your local 6 o’clock news (“Tsunami could hit the Atlantic any day!” EVERYBODY PANIC), or the seasonal articles that appear year after year like clockwork (“Roads will be crowded this holiday season.” Thanks AAA.). IT’S NOT NEWS, IT’S FARK is Drew Curtis’ clever examination of the state of the media today and a hilarious look at the go-to stories mass media uses when there's just not enough hard news to fill a newspaper or a news broadcast. Who is to blame for non-news in the media? Is it the media, or the media consumer and their website-clicking habits? Or does the answer lie somewhere in between? IT'S NOT NEWS, IT'S FARK takes a crack at why. Drew exposes eight stranger-than-fiction media patterns that prove just how little reporting is going on in the world of reporters today. Regardless of whether it’s a slow news day, mainstream media still has to deliver. IT’S NOT NEWS, IT’S FARK examines all the “news” that was never fit for print in the first place, and promises to have you laughing (with the media, mind you, not at them...) along the way. Let the hilarity ensue. -- from the jacket of the book  Book is in fine condition, appears unread, in near fine dust jacket with mildest edge wear.