Excerpts from Slanting the Story: the forces that shape the news by Trudy Lieberman:

Part 1, Black Holes of Power: how, with the help of the
mainstream media, right-wing think tanks have moved their ideas
to the front of the national agenda and engineered big changes in
public policy.

Part 2, Ralph Nader and the Right: how the right wing has
co-opted the media strategies pioneered by consumer activist
Ralph Nader.

Part 3, Courting the Press: how the Manhattan Institute put tort
reform on the national agenda.

Part 4, Clubbing the Press: how conservatives, by criticizing the
“liberal” press, have moved the media further to the right.

Part 5, Advancing the Cause: how the Heritage
Foundation has framed the debate on Medicare reform.

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