Parenti (Power and the Powerless Democracy for the Few) forcefully presents his contention that the U.S. Lib., Lancaster, Pa.Ĭopyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. Highly recommended for public and academic libraries. This will be a controversial book, but Parenti's arguments and illustrations are well documented. Parenti levels some serious charges against the media, including several astounding examples of the "Big Lie" (Soviet terrorism, the downing of KAL 007, the Bulgarian "Pope Killers"). A conservative, anti-communist, and anti-labor bias emerges from pages and pages of specific incidents. Now he expands upon this theme and dissects the patterns and actions of network and newspaper ownership.
In this latest study of "who controls the media," political scientist Parenti continues the basic argument set forth in his earlier popular works Democracy for the Few ( LJ 11/15/77) and Power and the Powerless ( LJ 10/15/78)in which he portrayed the existing power structure as under the control of a corporate or political elite.
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