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

by Curtis, Drew

• ISBN13: 9781592402915
• ISBN10: 1592402917
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-31
• Publisher: Gotham

Summary

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 FARKis 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 FARKtakes 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 FARKexamines 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.

Author Biography

Drew Curtis founded Fark.com after several beers one night in 1999. Today it averages 3.5-5 million people per month depending on whether or not he posts links about Britney Spears not wearing underwear. Media corporations worldwide continue to use Fark as a resource to judge which stories are newsworthy. He has been featured in Time, The Washington Post, PC Magazine, Maxim, FHM, and Playboy, on hundreds of radio stations around the country, and was recently on the cover of Business 2.0. Check out the new Fark TV, now available online at www.superdeluxe.com.