Bagdikian, Ben H. The New Media Monopoly, Boston: Beacon Press, 2004.

An analysis of the corporate structure of the media and its consequences.

Bennett, W. Lance. News: Politics of Illusion, 6th ed. New York: Longman, 2005.

A critique of the news as trivial and uninformative.

Goldberg, Bernard. Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News. New York: Harper Paperbacks, 2003.

A conservative critique of the CBS News in particular and the mainstream news media in general.

Graber, Doris. Mass Media and American Politics. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2006.

A comprehensive examination of the news media's effect on American politics.