The more you watch, the less you know

the long version

The More You Watch, The Less You Know is one journalist's testimony on the demise - and possible resurgence - of truth-telling in our time. Weaving autobiographical experiences with media analysis, Schechter names names and points his finger at key players in the megamedia corporations that rule the airwaves. He offers an insider's tale of how the media really works and why it doesn't work the way it should breaking what media historian Robert W. McChesney in his foreword calls "the implicit code of silence that compels journalists to look the other way ....". The More You Watch, The Less You Know recounts Schechter's media adventures, from when he was "Danny Schechter the News Dissector" on Boston's WBCN radio, to his personal odyssey chronicling the anti-Apartheid revolution in South Africa, to his development of innovative programming as an independent producer. In this age of telecommunications bills and media mergers. The More You Watch, The Less You Know is an insider's passionate plea for freedom of the electronic press and media reform.