The change in journalism in the sixties showed itself more spectacularly on the fringes than at the center of established institutions. The so-called New Journalism, or "para-journalism," as its critics labeled it, developed parallel to the chief organs of information, influencing them only subtly and gradually, in tandem with the influence of the age….
This work included a broad spectrum of underground writing—political, countercultural, feminist, pornographic, and so on—that dealt with cultural developments ignored, distorted, or merely exploited by the established media. (p. 132)
This is a free excerpt of 83 words. There are 310 words (approx.
1 page at 300 words per page) in the full critical essay.
Read the rest of this Criticism with our Thompson, Hunter S(tockton) 1939–: Critical Essay by Morris Dickstein Access Pass.
