GRAND THEFT 2000: Media Spectacle and a Stolen Election.(Review)(Brief Article)

DoUGLAS KELLNER. Rowman & Littlefield, $19.95 paper (256p) ISBN 0-7425-2103-6

Kellner (Television and the Crisis of Democracy) originally planned a chapter on the 2000 election in another book but expanded it in light of the postelection drama. The result is somewhat formless and unfocused, with an improvisational air as Kellner's shifting lens encompasses everything from direct reportage on the television spectacle to brief reflections on corporate media agendas, intriguing but neglected stories covered only in print or cyberspace, and various theoretical considerations and speculations. Kellner, a professor of the philosophy of education at UCLA, develops a good …