Media Chapters Need Lots of Work!

I usually have my students skip the media chapter in our text because they are so poor as to not be warranted (and largely ignored if you are teaching AP).  Well if you go to the Flat Knowledge e-book on this chapter, it is excellent (as is the entire e-book).  Perhaps you could substitute in their FREE e-book for your chapter and then go back to your regular on afterwards.  If you are looking for an amazing and free e-book for US government, then you have found your next text. By the way they make their money by assuming that people (or schools) will want a paper text for the classroom.