Journalism, Politics, and the Dakota Access Pipeline: Standing Rock and the Framing of Injustice (Routledge Studies in Environmental Communication and Media) 1st Edition

I enjoyed reading this book. I found the narrative engaging and the insights provided on deep media and corporate media ownership rather thought provoking. Moore's excellent and penetrating analysis of mainstream journalism illustrates how the drive for profit within the news industry creates a large and obvious blind spot when it comes to the reporting of environmental justice issues. She expertly deconstructs and lays bare for her audience how the need to keep business and governmental leaders happy and profit flowing ultimately shaped the journalistic framing of the stories surrounding the NDAPL movement. The local stories on this topic created a tableau or narrative for the readers that downplayed or conveniently ignored the important environmental justice issues as well as the concerns, voices and rights of sovereign Indigenous people. I also greatly appreciated being able to read the comments of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and hear their own personal views on the news coverage and the political climate, past and present.I found her analysis of "Law and Order" rhetoric very illuminating and had no idea how pervasive this narrative has been throughout US political history. I was disturbed to see how this rhetoric has been used by our government to suppress the fight for the civil and basic human rights of people of color and sovereign Indigenous people. Overall this was an excellent and well written book on an important topic.