Trivia Pursuit: How Showbiz Values are Corrupting the News
By Knowlton Nash. McClelland & Stewart, 2000. $21.99
In Trivia Pursuit, veteran Canadian news broadcaster Knowlton Nash looks at how "showbiz values" have taken over news journalism. This entertaining and thought-provoking analysis questions whether news reporting truly informs and tells us what we need to know - or whether it has merely become "boutique journalism," designed to amuse and titillate the viewing audience.
Trivia Pursuit can be ordered through TheatreBooks.
