In an age of endless news coverage on TV and radio, in print and on the Internet, how do we find the Truth about our world? In an engaging [and perhaps revolutionary] look at the state of the news media today, Mark Kelley-a seasoned veteran of mainstream broadcast news-provides readers with the perspective and tools to ferret through the mass of media to find nuggets that help us better understand ourselves and the world around us. "This book is my sincere attempt to create an aid we can all use in our daily confrontation with a tidal wave of mass mediated news and information in our quest for Truth." The aid Kelly provides is no fluffy feature story. Kelley suggests, for example, that we approach the news with the same prayerful attitude biblical scholars bring to the study of sacred texts. In doing so, we may learn to sift out the junk, the bias, the outright falsehoods, and find meaning we would otherwise miss. It seems appropriate, too, Kelley asserts, to ask God to help us see what's actually there and to help us hold at bay any preexisting biases that are part of our consciousness. Born of the prayerful cynicism of someone who spent decades "in the business," this insightful analysis and synthesis of news media through the ages provides hands-on tools that allow readers to intelligently analyze the news we take in, seek the truth in that news, and, if we are willing, be transformed by it. Book jacket.