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It's Not News, It's Fark: How Mass Media Tries to Pass Off Crap As News Hardcover – May 31, 2007

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A founder of the popular comedic news Web site describes media patterns that demonstrate the lack of accurate and quality reportage taking place in the media world today, revealing practices of news mongers, bogus press releases, and coverage of seemingly inane subjects. 50,000 first printing.
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  1. Print length
    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Gotham
  4. Publication date
    May 31, 2007
  5. Reading age
    18 years and up
  6. Dimensions
    5.8 x 1.05 x 8.62 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1592402917
  8. ISBN-13
    978-1592402915
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  • David Monroe
    5.0 out of 5 stars Well worth reading.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2010
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    Disclosure: I am a TotalFarker (or an UltraFarker if you're in the know)

    I bought this book as a default action, also to see if I was referenced in it by happenstance. I wasn't.

    Drew Curtis is very insightful, reading Drews words on what news is important vs. what news is merely convenient to report on, what is and what isn't news, and what Fark really is will open your eyes. Included in the book is commentary by Stephen King.

    Regardless of you political beliefs or what news network you prefer most this is a must read if you have any desire to filter the news from the crap.
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  • Andi
    5.0 out of 5 stars I won’t look at the news quite the same way. Older book that is still relevant today!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2020
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    It’s easy to take the news too seriously these days so this is a good reminder that Mass Media wants to make money and they do it by getting your attention. This will help you tell the difference between news and crap, or in this case, Fark.
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  • Rich L.
    5.0 out of 5 stars A great book-time for a follow-up!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2015
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    If you're a daily (or even casual) reader of Fark.com, then you need to read this book. Drew offers some very interesting insights into how daily media works, all written in the same hilarious tone as his website. My only complaint-the book needs to be updated. Or better yet, Drew should write another book.
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  • William Viands
    4.0 out of 5 stars Fark for the Win
    Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2019
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    Farkers already know what this book says but the rest of the world would do well to read it.
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  • Victoria Key
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beware of the Media's Agenda
    Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2008
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    This book will make you laugh, make you cry, and propably make you mad. You will discover how you have been duped by the Media to dance to their tune. I have always known the Media will only tell you what they want you to know to achieve their ratings and their agenda but to finally see it in print is great. The truth lies between the lines, it's up to us to find it.
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  • Waldo Pepper
    2.0 out of 5 stars Hypocrite Drew, Anti South and Anti Christian
    Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2013
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    I will admit at first Drew and his Fark website did a good job shining a spotlight on the world of business and news mixed together in their lies and deceit. Too bad Drew and Fark have fallen victim to the same thing. For all the problem Drew brings to light in his books is the same exact issues that he has turned his website Fark into, Too many links are approved not for the story or the snarky headline but simply as the source link pays.

    Fark has turned into a major hate site against Christians and Straight folks.

    Reject this book, if you want to read it try to find it second hand or at the library.

    Much like the website Fark, reading this book will only leave shaking your head at how a man (Drew) can succumb to greed.

    If you spend anytime on the Fark website you will notice a huge anti Christian and Anti South bias. The mods purposely approve links to stir up these themes.

    Drew and his gang of farker are hang mongers disguised as enlightened elitist
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  • Karlis Streips
    3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but sadly illiterate
    Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2007
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    I am in the news business myself and appreciate this book for its dissection of all that is wrong with the mass media today, particularly in the United States, where trash as substance first originated. I cannot, however, give this book top ratings for the simple reason that the author has forgotten his grammar. The word "media" is the plural of "medium", and therefore the media ARE something, but they never IS something. The same is true of the words "bacteria" and "bacterium", which appear in a leading role in "It's Not News". As I have written in other reviews on Amazon, I am absolutely horrified at the deterioration of the quality of the English language in the "Internet age", and there is absolutely no excuse whatsoever for this kind of thing in a work which is at least theoretically published by a reputable publishing company. I do believe that there is still a profession called proofreader, and this is a book which most sorely needed a good one.
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Novel
    Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2013
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    I've read this before, but at this price (11 cents) a hardcover copy is worth every penny. If you like thought-provoking comedy, don't hesistate, but to buy this novel. Also, visit Fark.com.
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  • Raccine
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    Reviewed in Canada on January 24, 2019
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  • Glasgow Dreamer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Good concept - missed opportunity.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 3, 2009
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    If you're on this page you presumably know what fark.com is - an irreverent news aggregator, with the emphasis on irreverent.

    The idea of doing a "Fark" book must have been around for a long time. The potential audience for an annual "best of" compilation would be huge. For some reason (probably licensing problems) Curtis resisted this temptation in favour of a pseudo-academic approach on the nature of media reporting, backed up with examples and comments from the pages of his website.

    Not a bad idea, you might think.

    However, the result is, to put it mildly, rather on the simplistic side. Very few people need any of Curtis's points explained; he is not, despite the blurb on the book, revealing anything that anyone older than about fourteen would not be somewhat familiar with anyway. I honestly couldn't recommend the book as an insight into media reporting to anyone over school age.

    In addition, as we go further through the book, we find less and less of Curtis's thinking (which is coherently expressed, if a little obvious), and more and more from the website. It is entertaining to read some of the stories, although the comments published alongside them are rather random, and knowing the site well, certainly not of the standard of some of the best comments to be found on the site. (surely Curtis wasn't making sure certain commenters got quoted in the book?)

    Overall an entertaining read; definitely a vanity project on Curtis's part. He's not a great writer, and obviously doesn't have either the experience or the gravitas to carry off the book he hoped to write. Perhaps next time he should stick to the "Best of..."
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