2004, ISBN: 9781566635776

Proctor & Gamble, OH 1934. 252 pages. First thus. Chapters on "the Servantless House", "The House With a Servant", Deep Fat Frying, Vegetables, Cakes and Cookies, Cereals and Cheese, Mea… More...

Proctor & Gamble, OH 1934. 252 pages. First thus. Chapters on "the Servantless House", "The House With a Servant", Deep Fat Frying, Vegetables, Cakes and Cookies, Cereals and Cheese, Meat and Poultry and much more. Edge wear, Light soiling topageedges, rubbngan creasing to spine ends and covers.See photos. WB1, Proctor & Gamble, 1934, 2.5, Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2004. xviii, 269 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In this witty and candid perspective on American television, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Howard Rosenberg traces a disturbing pattern: TV's relentless pursuit of the mundane in its seeming quest to dumb-down America. And, he writes, it may be succeeding. The longer mediocrity endures, Mr. Rosenberg advises, the greater the chance we will become permanently desensitized to it--and seduced by it--making third-rate the standard." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Team coverage of breaking news; Poor Richard's almanac of horrors; Obsession, not proportion, drives television news; Her nose makes news; Private lives and prying public; First amendment, shmendment; When ride-alongs take the public for a ride; Foreign news? It's all alien to the networks; Let's hear it (again) for old glory; A lox named fox; If you're not for yourself, who will be for you?; The blurred lines of today's "reality"; Celebrating fiction as fact; Paul goes home; Propping up the Berlin Wall; Out of the anchor chair, into the fray; The Russian roulette of live news coverage; To air is human, especially when it's live; Live from Iraq, ready or not; Publicity, they name is Schwarzenegger; The day the world shattered; Ratting on Bill was her duty; Wanna confess? Call Montel; How was poor Jenny to know he was a ticking time bomb?; Communing with nature by destroying it; Transgressing all the way to the bank; The art of rebounding; When crummy acting and writing equal fun; In "ark," Noah plays friars club; A tale of two miniseries; The face that launched a thousand cliches; Infomercials disguised as conventions; Judging political parties by their stagecraft; And now, for my next rehearsed ad lib; Do great moves make great presidents?; When his presence is the message; Our president: man or mannequin?; Bush's image fails to fill the screen; When no news is big news; White meat or dark?; D-day and the resonance of war now and then; Looking to the past to see the present; A new war, but the same old tube; War as a sales tool; Seeking symbolic moments in the tides of history; Talking the talk before taking the walk; Ultimate reality; Timothy McVeigh: the closed circuit; Let's bring cameras to death's door; O.J. on trial; The year of Simpson; The case for cameras in courtrooms; Give Bin Laden his (televised) day in court; One picture can be worth a thousand clips; The death of Challenger recalled; Columbia: freeze this frame; High noon in television's high court; TV keeps the dreams, and dross, alive; Big man, big laughs, big legacy; Excellence, from "Marty" to the mafia; I confess! I did watch Perry Mason!; A toast for Kuralt and one for the road; Contemplating Cosell; The life of a national hero has its perils; A "masterpiece theatre" of pomp and puff; When the coverage is as senseless as the tragedy.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible., Ivan R. Dee, 2004, 5<

2005, ISBN: 9781566635776

Hardcover

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2004. xviii, 269 pages; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in 2005. A fine copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "In th… More...

Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2004. xviii, 269 pages; 24 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and warmly inscribed by the author in 2005. A fine copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "In this witty and candid perspective on American television, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Howard Rosenberg traces a disturbing pattern: TV's relentless pursuit of the mundane in its seeming quest to dumb-down America. And, he writes, it may be succeeding. The longer mediocrity endures, Mr. Rosenberg advises, the greater the chance we will become permanently desensitized to it--and seduced by it--making third-rate the standard." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Team coverage of breaking news; Poor Richard's almanac of horrors; Obsession, not proportion, drives television news; Her nose makes news; Private lives and prying public; First amendment, shmendment; When ride-alongs take the public for a ride; Foreign news? It's all alien to the networks; Let's hear it (again) for old glory; A lox named fox; If you're not for yourself, who will be for you?; The blurred lines of today's "reality"; Celebrating fiction as fact; Paul goes home; Propping up the Berlin Wall; Out of the anchor chair, into the fray; The Russian roulette of live news coverage; To air is human, especially when it's live; Live from Iraq, ready or not; Publicity, they name is Schwarzenegger; The day the world shattered; Ratting on Bill was her duty; Wanna confess? Call Montel; How was poor Jenny to know he was a ticking time bomb?; Communing with nature by destroying it; Transgressing all the way to the bank; The art of rebounding; When crummy acting and writing equal fun; In "ark," Noah plays friars club; A tale of two miniseries; The face that launched a thousand cliches; Infomercials disguised as conventions; Judging political parties by their stagecraft; And now, for my next rehearsed ad lib; Do great moves make great presidents?; When his presence is the message; Our president: man or mannequin?; Bush's image fails to fill the screen; When no news is big news; White meat or dark?; D-day and the resonance of war now and then; Looking to the past to see the present; A new war, but the same old tube; War as a sales tool; Seeking symbolic moments in the tides of history; Talking the talk before taking the walk; Ultimate reality; Timothy McVeigh: the closed circuit; Let's bring cameras to death's door; O.J. on trial; The year of Simpson; The case for cameras in courtrooms; Give Bin Laden his (televised) day in court; One picture can be worth a thousand clips; The death of Challenger recalled; Columbia: freeze this frame; High noon in television's high court; TV keeps the dreams, and dross, alive; Big man, big laughs, big legacy; Excellence, from "Marty" to the mafia; I confess! I did watch Perry Mason!; A toast for Kuralt and one for the road; Contemplating Cosell; The life of a national hero has its perils; A "masterpiece theatre" of pomp and puff; When the coverage is as senseless as the tragedy.. SIGNED. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo. Collectible., Ivan R. Dee, 2004, 4<

2004, ISBN: 1566635772

Hardcover

[EAN: 9781566635776], Tweedehands, goed, [SC: 48.46], [PU: Ivan R. Dee, Chicago], COLLECTIBLE, Jacket, xviii, 269 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protec… More...

[EAN: 9781566635776], Tweedehands, goed, [SC: 48.46], [PU: Ivan R. Dee, Chicago], COLLECTIBLE, Jacket, xviii, 269 pages; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "In this witty and candid perspective on American television, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Howard Rosenberg traces a disturbing pattern: TV's relentless pursuit of the mundane in its seeming quest to dumb-down America. And, he writes, it may be succeeding. The longer mediocrity endures, Mr. Rosenberg advises, the greater the chance we will become permanently desensitized to it--and seduced by it--making third-rate the standard." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Team coverage of breaking news; Poor Richard's almanac of horrors; Obsession, not proportion, drives television news; Her nose makes news; Private lives and prying public; First amendment, shmendment; When ride-alongs take the public for a ride; Foreign news? It's all alien to the networks; Let's hear it (again) for old glory; A lox named fox; If you're not for yourself, who will be for you?; The blurred lines of today's "reality"; Celebrating fiction as fact; Paul goes home; Propping up the Berlin Wall; Out of the anchor chair, into the fray; The Russian roulette of live news coverage; To air is human, especially when it's live; Live from Iraq, ready or not; Publicity, they name is Schwarzenegger; The day the world shattered; Ratting on Bill was her duty; Wanna confess? Call Montel; How was poor Jenny to know he was a ticking time bomb?; Communing with nature by destroying it; Transgressing all the way to the bank; The art of rebounding; When crummy acting and writing equal fun; In "ark," Noah plays friars club; A tale of two miniseries; The face that launched a thousand cliches; Infomercials disguised as conventions; Judging political parties by their stagecraft; And now, for my next rehearsed ad lib; Do great moves make great presidents?; When his presence is the message; Our president: man or mannequin?; Bush's image fails to fill the screen; When no news is big news; White meat or dark?; D-day and the resonance of war now and then; Looking to the past to see the present; A new war, but the same old tube; War as a sales tool; Seeking symbolic moments in the tides of history; Talking the talk before taking the walk; Ultimate reality; Timothy McVeigh: the closed circuit; Let's bring cameras to death's door; O.J. on trial; The year of Simpson; The case for cameras in courtrooms; Give Bin Laden his (televised) day in court; One picture can be worth a thousand clips; The death of Challenger recalled; Columbia: freeze this frame; High noon in television's high court; TV keeps the dreams, and dross, alive; Big man, big laughs, big legacy; Excellence, from "Marty" to the mafia; I confess! I did watch Perry Mason!; A toast for Kuralt and one for the road; Contemplating Cosell; The life of a national hero has its perils; A "masterpiece theatre" of pomp and puff; When the coverage is as senseless as the tragedy. Size: 8vo, Books<