The Brass Check: A Study of American Journalism

States that American journalism is a class institution serving the rich and spurning the poor. This title likens journalists to prostitutes and the title of the book refers to a chit that was issued to patrons of urban brothels of the era. It presents a critique of the structural basis of US media.

• Author
• Upton Sinclair, Robert W. McChesney, Ben Scott

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 480

• Publisher
• University of Illinois Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780252071102

• Genres
• history, journalism, politics, classics, writing, society, business

• Release date
• 2002