NEWS MEDIA CONTROVERSIES
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Thomas Sowell interviewed on “Meet the Press” in 1981, available on YouTube at
“Mealy Mouth Media,” Ever Wonder Why? by Thomas Sowell (Audiobook,
“Slouching Toward Post-Journalism,” City Journal, Winter 2021, by Martin Gurri
Gray Lady Down: What the Decline and Fall of the New York Times Means
for America by William McGowan (Kindle)
“Mascots of the Anointed,” The Thomas Sowell Reader by Thomas Sowell
“The Famine the ‘Times’ Couldn’t Find,” Commentary, November 1983, by Marco
“A Media Watershed,” Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2004, p. A16, available via
the ABI/INFORM Global (ProQuest) database
“Orchestrated Hell,” by Edward R. Murrow, WWII News and Related Sound files from
1943, recording number 61, December 3, 1943, available via The Internet
“The Second World War: I Can Hear It Now,” by Edward R. Murrow (Audio CD)
ESSAYS, ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
“Mealy Mouth Media,” Ever Wonder Why? pp. 267–269, by Thomas Sowell
“Filtering Reality,” Intellectuals and Society, revised and enlarged edition,
“Mascots of the Anointed,” The Thomas Sowell Reader, pp. 57–59, by Thomas
“The Famine the ‘Times’ Couldn’t Find,” Commentary, November 1983, pp. 32–40,
“A Media Watershed,” Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2004, p. A16
“Breaking Down the News Media: People Need to Seek a Variety of Sources to Be Well
Informed,” Washington Times, August 7, 2023, by Richard W. Rahn
“Crushing the Competition: Fox News Rides Trump 2.0 Wave to Record Ratings,” Washington Times, February 24, 2025, pp. 8–9, by Valerie Richardson
“Slouching Toward Post-Journalism,” City Journal, Winter 2021, pp. 12–19, by
BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
Bias by Bernard Goldberg
Gray Lady Down: What the Decline and Fall of the New York Times Means
for America by William McGowan
CNN’s Cold War Documentary: Issues and Controversy edited by Arnold
World War II on the Air: Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts that
Rivetted a Nation by Mark Bernstein and Alex Lubertozzi
It’s News to Me: The Making and Unmaking of an Editor by Edward Kosner