New Book by a Jenkins Member!

Congratulations to Larry Atkins -- a Jenkins member who's an attorney, a journalist and a university professor -- on his new book: Skewed, A Critical Thinker's Guide to Media Bias!

Let me crib some of the summary from the inside of the book's dust jacket:

The author describes the goals of advocacy journalism — i.e., journalism that transparently advocates a biased worldview -- and shows that it has been a part of our history since the 1700s. He assesses the role of talk radio, cable news networks, and the more recent phenomena of special-interest blogs, websites, and citizen journalists in creating the current media climate. While conceding that advocacy journalism is undoubtedly popular and has some positive aspects, the author also points out its many negative features. Perhaps the most important of these is its polarizing effect on society. Skewed will give readers the tools to critique the media, to see both sides of any issue, and to become better informed citizens and voters.

[cough] I'm not a totally disinterested party in this. Yours truly managed to cobble together a blurb for the cover and I'm even quoted a couple of times in the text. (OK I'm done humblebragging.)

Anyway, great job, Larry!