Description: Exploresatheist Michael Newdowsconstitutional challenge and how the news media marginalized him from the moment the Ninth Circuit handed down its controversial ruling that the Pledge of Allegiance was unconstitutional.
Brief description: Ronald Bishop is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture and Communication at Drexel University and is the author of Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance: The News Media and Michael Newdow's Constitutional Challenge.
Review Quotes:
"Taking on the Pledge of Allegiance offers political scientists and lawyers a fresh perspective on a controversial issue and legal case ... Bishop also raises hard questions about the media and their role in American democracy." -- Law & Politics Book Review
"...Bishop persuasively explains ... and, in the process, raises important questions about journalism for us all to ponder." -- American Journalism
"As long as people believe that the media represent antiestablishment values, this book needs to be read. As long as reporters mislead themselves into believing they are watchdogs and not lapdogs of the establishment, this book needs to be read. And as long as the media continue to trivialize complex issues and marginalize people who challenge us, this book needs to be read. We need more books like this one." -- Chris Lamb, author of Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons