Yesterday I finished reading Howard Kurtz' Reality Show. While I wouldn't recommend this for everyone, if you are either a public relations person or an American baby boomer you'll probably enjoy this book.
Non-fiction the book looks at the issues and influences behind the changing of the guard at the network evening news anchor chairs that has transpired over the last few years leaving us with Charlie Gibson, Brian Williams and Katie Couric. Kurtz does a good job giving it all a perspective against the backdrop of the 24-hour news cycle, cable news and the Internet.
The moments that given insight into decisions about what does and doesn't make the news were the most interesting to me. But I also thought that if I'd been even five or ten years older, the challenges of the guard changes itself might have been more of a focus for me.
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