内容简介

From the author of the New Your Times besseller Spin Cycle comes this engrossing,entertaining expose of how the media-from television to newspapers to the Internet-drive the financial markets today.
The booming econmy and mass investing have produced and insatiable demand for financial news and given rise to a group of "fortune tellers"eager to scoop and spread the the latest intelligence.In this riveting,unsettling book,Howard Kurtz introduces the powerful journalists,commentators,and analysts whose reports-too often based on rumor,speculation,and misinormation-have a real-time inpact on the rise and fall of stocks and on the financial health of millions of investors.
Focusing on shch well-known figures as cable TV's Ron reporters who specialize in exclusives;and superstar analysts Ralph Acampora and Henry Blodget,Th Fortune Tellers is an incisive,often amusing,and sometimes terrifying report by an journalish well known for his sharp-eyed observations and behind-the scenes access.In a time of head-spinning volatility,The Fortune Tellers is essential reading for all of us who gamble with our savings in today's overheated stock market.
作者简介:HOWARD KURTZ is the author of three previous books,including the national bestseller Spin Cycle.The media reporter for The Washington Post and bost of the weekly CNN program Reliable Sources.he was named the nation's best media reporter by the American Journalism Review.He lives in Chevy Chase,Maryland.