{"product_id":"veils-of-distortion-john-zada-9781777357108","title":"Veils of Distortion: How the News Media Warps Our Minds","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Fake news' has become an obsessional catchphrase and a worldwide fear. Yet few of us realize that shades of falsehood have always run through the mainstream news media. As news organizations double-down in their efforts to shock and entertain, more people than ever before are tuning-out, disillusioned by an overly-negative and manipulative news cycle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVeils of Distortion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, John Zada draws on two decades of journalism experience to explain how and why the news has become broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy depicting our world through a tiny sample of dramas that are often far-removed from our experiences, the news warps our picture of reality. What we see is not the world that actually is, but a caricature of it: a simplistic two-toned realm in which dangers and conflicts lurk around every corner. The societal angst that results can make the news a self-fulfilling prophecy, and can turn our minds into prisons of blinkered thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eZada walks us through the newsroom and reveals these distorting 'veils.' He offers suggestions on how to help mitigate the effects of this coarse infotainment, which, if left unchecked will continue to dumb-down and polarize our society, causing it to further unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Zada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1777357101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781777357108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Terra Incognita Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.45d","brand":"John Zada","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048044982527,"sku":"9781777357108","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_afcd74a0-c7da-444a-9e6b-8c3f9585e724.jpg?v=1684993575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/veils-of-distortion-john-zada-9781777357108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}