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Book review: “Ugly War, Pretty Package”

  • By Tim Woodcock
  • September 17, 2010
  • 4 Comments on Book review: “Ugly War, Pretty Package”

Deborah L. Jaramillo’s book, “Ugly War, Pretty Package” is a close analysis of the cable news coverage of the early days of the war in Iraq. Although CNN and Fox News are often seen as left-leaning and right-leaning counterpoints in the world of cable news, respectively, Jaramillo argues there is more that makes them alike than different.

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