Yalls hospitality very much today. We will be talking about prodigal press. As john said, dr. Marvin olasky wrote this book originally 25 years ago, and its been widely used in College Classrooms around the country, but much has happened in the past 25 years. The 24 7 news cycle that john referred to is, of course, facilitated at least in part by the internet. When the original book, prodigal press was written and published in 1980, the internet, im fond of saying, was merely a gleam in al gores eye at that time. Since then, of course, the internet is really driving what happens in the news cycle. So we felt like it was due for an update. We started working on this book about three years ago, and it was just published in september. Weve been delighted by the reception of the book so far, and what im going to do today is to just share with you some of the ideas that are in this book. Want to talk a little bit about World News Group just to kind of give you an idea of who we are even tho
Get host people focus on the appearance as well and so now you have democrats botch that often going on fox and republicans vow that often going on. Guest the media host cnn is struggling to find its way. Guest and as a reporter who really beliefs in this idea of the facts in journalism and this notion that you can ask questions and wherever the story takes you youre not trying to advance one side or the other i think unfortunately one of the legacies is that journalism is now seen as a way to advance whatever part of the agenda is on the left and the right and i hope perhaps my book will open peoples eyes tpeoples eyes to e encourage people to want to have more of a central clearinghouse to less than the data then they arent supposed to be advancing one side or the other. Host thank you very much gabriel sherman. Guest thank you for having me. The 24th news cycle that john referred to as facilitated in part by the internet. When the original book prodigal press was written the interne
The 24th news cycle that john referred to as facilitated in part by the internet. When the original book prodigal press was written the internet was nearly gleaned in al gores eye at that time but since then the internet is driving what happens in the news cycle. We felt like it was due for an update and start working on this book about three years ago. It was just published in september. We have been delighted by the reception of the book so far and what im going to do today is to share with you some of the ideas that are in this book. I want to talk a little bit about world news crew just to give you an idea of who we are even though john did a great job of setting me up on that score and also i want to be really clear that my purpose today is not to bash the Mainstream Media. I do not in any way shape or form consider the Mainstream Media or what some people call the legacy media as the enemy. I do believe however that we are and the midst of a pathological media culture and some of