Authors: John Nichols
Iowa Broadcast News Association,
152
Iowa Republican caucuses,
39
Iowa State University,
121
Iowa TV stations,
129â130
,
134
Issa, Darrell,
214
Issue ads,
87
J. Walter Thompson (JWT) ad agency,
106
,
107
Jackson Sr., Jesse,
32
Jackson Jr., Jesse,
280
Jamieson, Kathleen Hall,
117
,
124
,
152
,
157â158
,
179
,
211
Jamieson, Kathleen Hall, Kate Kenski, and Bruce Hardy,
The Obama Victory
,
115â116
Jay, John,
17
Jeep plants, Toledo, Ohio,
123â124
Jefferson, Thomas,
16
,
17
,
18
,
67â68
,
165
,
261
,
270
,
273
,
283â284
Jeffrey, Bob,
106â107
Johnson, Lyndon B.,
23â24
,
25â26
,
27
,
140â143
,
222
,
223
,
255
       Â
1964 campaign,
102â103
Johnson, Ron,
153â154
Jones, Arianna,
xvi
Jorgensen, Paul,
43
Journalism,
161â188
       Â
collapse of,
190â202
,
212
,
220
       Â
and commercialism,
171â172
,
173â174
       Â
and the cult of balance,
175â176
       Â
history, of American,
165â180
,
185
,
191
,
212â213
       Â
Internet,
195â196
,
231â232
,
233
,
234â235
       Â
monopolies,
170â171
,
171â172
,
173
       Â
partisan,
166â169
,
170
       Â
and print subsidies,
166
,
168
,
170
,
185
,
273
       Â
professionalized,
172â180
,
202
,
206
,
210
,
213
,
234
       Â
watchdog function,
191â196
       Â
yellow,
170
Judicial Crisis Network,
98
,
98â99
Justice at Stake Campaign,
58
,
59
Kaiser, Robert,
186
Kalb, Marvin,
182
Kanter, Julian,
113
Kaplan, Marty,
159
Kaplan, Richard,
168â170
Karlin, Mark,
15
Kasten, Robert,
121
Katz, Jon,
221
Kaufmann, Greg,
178
Kaur, Satwant,
223
Kennard, William,
149â150
Kennedy, John F.,
24
,
25
,
38
,
223
,
224
,
270
Kennedy Jr., Robert F.,
6â7
Kenski, Kate, Bruce Hardy and Kathleen Hall Jamieson,
The Obama Victory
,
115â116
Kerbel, Matthew,
187â188
Key, V. O.,
109
Keyes, Alan,
183
King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
xiv
,
1
,
7
Kissinger, Henry,
70
Klein, Joe,
102
Kleptocracy, corporate,
6â7
Knox v. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1000
,
90â91
,
93
Koch, Charles and David,
42
,
47
,
63
,
65
,
78
,
81
Korean War,
101
Koster, Chris,
52
Kristol, William,
211
Krumholz, Sheila,
43
Kaur, Satwant,
223
Kurtz, Howard,
147â148
La Follette, Robert M.,
5
,
20
,
22
,
23
,
29
,
171
,
268
LaBolt, Ben,
237
Labor unions.
See
Unions, labor
Lake, Steve,
134
Lanier, Jaron,
221
Larson, John,
268
Las Vegas broadcast market,
136
,
189â190
Lau, Richard,
128
Lazarsfeld, Paul,
101
League of Women Voters,
133
,
203
,
258
,
268
Left in the Dark: Local Election coverage in the Age of Big-Money Politics
(Free Press study),
266
Lessig, Lawrence,
3
Letterman, David,
137
Levin, Michael,
211
Libertarian Party,
14
,
46
,
80
,
204
Limbaugh, Rush,
146
,
194
,
211
,
212
,
214
,
219
       Â
Gettysburg Address,
20
,
95
,
104
Lippmann, Walter,
177â178
,
220
Lobbyists, corporate,
76
,
79â81
       Â
media,
138â139
,
145â146
,
153
Los Angeles Times
,
62
,
89
,
193
,
244
Lowry, Brian,
207
Maddow, Rachel,
215
Making of the President
(TV series),
102
Mander, Jerry,
111
Mane, Sherrill,
243
Manhattan Institute,
78
“Marketer of the Year” award,
Advertising Age
magazine,
115
,
238
Marshall, Thurgood,
85
,
259â260
Martin, Trayvon,
185
Martinez, Jennifer,
236
Marx, Karl,
167
Massey Energy,
58
Mathias, Charles,
104
McCain, John,
38
,
115
,
122
,
125
,
176
       Â
2000 election,
125
       Â
2008 campaign,
116
,
117
,
119
,
120
,
125
       Â
on McCain-Feingold,
147â148
McCain-Feingold “Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002,”
87
,
89
,
147â148
,
267
,
272
McCarthy, Devin,
15
McChesney, Robert W., and John Nichols,
The Death and Life of American Journalism
,
190
,
192
McConnell, Mitch,
32
McCormick Group,
80
McGehee, Meredith,
150
McGeveran, William,
247
McGinniss, Joe,
The Selling of the President 1968
,
27
,
38
,
103
,
187
McGovern, Jim,
283
McGraw, Darrell,
51â52
McHugh, Molly,
241
McPherson, James Brian,
210
,
215
Media
       Â
and bias,
182â184
       Â
defining role of,
163
,
164â165
,
166
,
178â179
,
181â185
       Â
left-wing,
215â216
       Â
right-wing,
190
,
210â215
,
216â219
,
249â250
       Â
mergers and acquisitions,
137â138
       Â
monopolies,
170â172
,
191
,
219
Media, social,
9â10
,
223
,
225
,
226â227
,
229
,
231
,
235â236
       Â
and data collection,
236â242
Media Research Center,
78
Medved, Michael,
211
Melber, Ari,
175
Mélenchon, Jean-Luc,
204â205
Messina, Jim,
237
,
238
,
239â240
,
241
Michaels, Cindy,
198
Michigan Campaign Finance Network,
56
Microsoft Corporation,
51
,
228
,
229
Microtargeting,
243â244
,
247
,
248â250
,
253
Miller, Ellen,
139
Mills, Wilbur,
143
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
,
201
Missouri,
52â53
       Â
2012 campaign spending,
50
Mitchell, John,
28
Moffett, Zac,
233
Money Power, The,
2
,
8
,
20
,
22
,
23
,
29
,
39
,
57
Money-and-media election complex,
3â4
,
5
,
8â9
,
32
,
46
,
184â185
,
190
,
222
,
235
Money-as-speech,
69
,
70
,
71
,
83â84
,
84â85
,
86
Monopolies, media,
171â172
,
173
,
228â229
Moody's Investors Service,
134
Moore, Michael,
87