Overload
Finding the Truth in Today's Deluge of News

Hurray For Bob Schieffer! First, let me state that I have the utmost respect for Bob Schieffer, his work and his life. I feel that the country would be greatly benefited if someone like he were to return to giving the news. With that confession out of the way, and admitting that my opinion of his wo......more

"Overload" by famed CBS newsperson, Bob Scheiffer begins well, but eventually with the partisan pull of the times tilts to the very left in its conclusion The work begins strong with Schieffer providing the best, to date, post election analysis that I have read, and I have read quite a few books look......more

When someone like Bob Schieffer, who has worked as a reporter for 60 years, decides to give a view of today’s media landscape, it deserves attention. This book is a good appraisal of where the worlds of media and politics are today. Schieffer began at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram where he covered the......more

Insightful observations but lack of focus I greatly admire Bob Schieffer and feel that the Fourth Estate, especially the so-called “mainstream media”, is an important bulwark to our democracy. However, this book was disappointing in a number of respects. Schieffer is at his best in describing the role......more

I bought Overload about a year ago. It wasn't an easy read as you can imagine. The book was not based too much on facts. It was based more on analysis, and opinions. Which was talked over, and over again after the election. Most of the book is about how journalism has changed due to the internet, an......more