[lbarrow]

Surprised not to see "Manufacturing Consent" by Chomksy and Herman. There's a huge amount of insight into the psychology of journalism packed into that book.

[Samuel_Michon]

True, and the documentary is great too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci_1Ghk0CIc

Kind of depressing, but it's Chomsky; he has that effect.