Inside Talk Radio: America's Voice or Just Hot Air?

by Peter Laufer

A radio host and program director traces the rise of today's influential radio talk shows, criticizing the half-truth that often passes for informed commentary on the airwaves and debunking the myth that liberals dominate the media. 35,000 first printing.

270 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1995

About the author

Peter Laufer, Ph.D., is the author of more than a dozen books that deal with social and political issues, including "Mission Rejected: U.S. Soldiers Who Say No to Iraq," "Wetback Nation: The Case for Opening the Mexican-American Border," and "Iron Curtain Rising: A Personal Journey through the Changing Landscape of Eastern Eurpoe." He is the coanchor of "The Peter Laufer Show" on radio station Green 960 in San Francisco. More about his books, documentary films, broadcasts, which have won the George Polk, Robert F. Kennedy, Edward R. Murrow, and other awards, can be found at peterlaufer.com. He lives in Bodega Bay, California.