# Backstory

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- Book: [Backstory](https://www.bookquiver.com/ken-auletta/backstory) ([Backstory.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/ken-auletta/backstory.md))
- Authors: [Ken Auletta](https://www.bookquiver.com/ken-auletta)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4303-463-6
- Pages: 368
- Published: 2004-12-28
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

It is said that journalism is a vital public service as well as a business, but more and more it is also said that big media consolidation; noisy, instant opinions on cable and the Internet; and political...