Sound and Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy

by Eric Alterman

For this new edition, Eric Alterman has made revisions throughout the book, with new material on the impact of the O. J. Simpson trial and the rise of MSNBC as well as on the Clinton scandals, the media's obsession with Monica Lewinsky, and the resulting conflation of investigative reporting with gossip.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, History, Journalism

322 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Eric Alterman is a CUNY Distinguished Professor of English and Journalism, a media columnist for the Nation, a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and the author of seven books, including the national bestsellers What Liberal Media? and The Book on Bush. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Seán · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very, very good. Serves as an excellent reminder that every High Broderist to Zombie Reagan pundit you see on television is to be disregarded. They are wrong about everything.

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still relevant

[Rich · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every interested citizen must read this.