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

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

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Now in paperback, the hilarious expos on the media gone awry, from the creator of the wildly popular Fark.com

Have you ever noticed certain patterns in the news you see and read each day? Perhaps its the blatant fear-mongering in the absence of facts on your local six oclock news (Tsunami could hit the Atlantic any day! Everybody panic!), or the seasonal articles that appear year after year (Roads will be crowded this holiday season. Thanks, AAA.) Its Not News, Its Fark is Drew Curtiss clever examination of the state of the media today and a hilarious look at the go-to stories mass media uses when theres just not enough hard news to fill a newspaper or a news broadcast. Drew exposes eight stranger-than-fiction media patterns that prove just how little reporting is going on in the world of reporters today. Its Not News, Its Fark examines all the news that was never fit for print in the first place, and promises to have you laughing along the way.

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