Almost three-quarters of Americans do not trust the media, and many Americans believe the media are to blame for the country’s division. The U.S. ranks dead last  in media trust of 46 countries surveyed.

 

This well-reviewed book tells you why and shows you the inside of the media machine. It includes a look behind the scenes at some of the biggest stories in the history of journalism. The author—a former New York Times White House and investigative correspondent—was there and is ruthlessly honest about what he saw.

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In fact, the author unearthed Watergate before Woodward and Bernstein, but saw the story ignored by the New York Times Washington Bureau when he gave it to them.

 

The book explores the consequences of “advocacy”—that is, biased—journalism. That reporting enriches advocacy journalists, while taking a toll on the rest of us.

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Coming to the present, Suppressed shows how some media, including the New York Times, stepped into the ring and began slugging it out with President Trump, instead of staying outside the ring and neutrally reporting what it saw. The book argues that the media would have been more effective if it had remained neutral—and credible.

 

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