UNFREEDOM OF THE PRESS
MARK R. LEVIN
Review by Roy Murry,
Author
I have paraphrased
Matthew Pressman on a history of reporting, Chapter 1: Workaday reporters
(Should) had to stick to the four W's and one H; who, what, when, where, and
how. The 'why' question (Should be) was
beyond their purview. I put in (Should) because I, like many non-party-aligned
voting Americans, feel that way.
In our world today,
this is not the modus operandi of our Main Stream Media, according to what I
have taken from Mr. Levin's expose of the current reporting the news. Too many
progressive ideas are embedded in news content these days.
He goes into detail as
to how media treats President Donald J. Trump vs. recent past presidents,
giving the pros and cons of those endeavors. Also presented in the pages of his
book are some ways in which other presidents used and abused the press, leaving
the reader with the thought that President Trump has not abused his power
against the media.
Mr. Levin's intelligent
read was sometimes above my comprehension, but educating me as I followed
along. His explanations are one of the reasons I recommend UNFREEDOM OF THE
PRESS to you, a free-thinking human, and particularly college students of
journalism for the insight into that profession.
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