Download or read book News Grazers written by Richard Forgette and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politicians and journalists have never been among the most trusted professional classes; in this book, author Richard Forgette posits a "news grazing" explanation of how and why. Forgette, an expert on the U.S. Congress and public policy, draws upon direct experimental research to argue that the diffusion of media outlets and media technologies have resulted in an increasingly fragmented and distracted news audience.