Download or read book The Kingmakers written by Senator Mike Gravel and published by Phoenix Books. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Kingmakers Senator Mike Gravel and Dr. David Eisenbach argue that the media’s failure to present the public with an accurate view of the world poses a greater threat to American lives than terrorism. They also show how the greatest threat to our democracy is not money. It’s the media. Long before the majority of voters pay attention to presidential elections, the media kingmakers filter the presidential field and anoint the “leading candidates.” The authors propose a powerful antidote to the kingmakers’ poisonous influence on American politics: participatory journalism. Blogs, chat rooms, virtual worlds and Internet contributions have empowered ordinary citizens to change the course of American history and inaugurate a new wave of democratization that America hasn’t seen since the Jacksonian era.