Andrew Boryga's Reviews > Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy

A solid read--particularly for those that are not too steeped in the debate about the media today or not too close to it. As someone who is (ex-journo who saw a lot of these issues first hand and read about them over the past 5-10 years) I found the book to be returning to a lot of the same moments (the Tom Cotton op-ed) and figures (Tony Timpa) that have been written about ad nauseum by now. There were some moments of insight and fresh perspective here--I particularly liked the last chapter and epilogue, which spelled out some solutions to the media's issues. But it says something that they were also the slimmest chapters. For the most part, the book felt like a mash-up of takes I've read from the NY Post and WSJ editorial board, Tablet, the Spectator, National Review, Quillette and other similarly aligned publications in the last two to three years. Again, the book isn't so bad if you haven't read these takes. But if you have, I fear there is little here that is particularly new or fresh for you.