Press critics are the fifth estate: media watchdogs in America

Series Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

(1). Introduction

(2). Reed Irvine's Accuracy in Media: Barking at the "Liberal Media"

(3). Let a Thousand Bloggers Swarm

(4). Ben H. Bagdikian: Ahead of the Curve

(5). The Washington News Council: Third-Party Intervention

(6). FAIR: Press Criticism from a Progressive Think Tank

(7). Brill's Content: "An Inside-the-Sausage-Factory Look at Media for People Who Eat Sausages, Not Those Who Make Them"

(8). Public Journalism: Press Criticism as an Ongoing Experiment

(9). Press Criticism as a Laughing Matter

(10). It Takes a Watchdog and a Village: News Media Accountability in Seven Days

(11). A Prescription for Effective Press Criticism in a Democracy

Notes

Bibliography

Index