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Narrated by longtime reporter Arthur M. Vance, Chain Gang Farewell follows Richard McCord's nonfiction work of the mid-90s, which lambastes newspaper-publishing conglomerates. Shouldering an astonishing workload, reporter Arthur Vance doesn't hesitate to disclose newsroom injustices, poor leadership, and atrocious editing practices. With experience as a police and military reporter, Vance sets the newsroom as his battleground and monopoly-minded corporate owners as his target. Blasting corporate goals to effectively silence an editorial voice, Clive Rivers exposes the dirty dealings of media moguls, probably to the embarrassment of some real-life practitioners.

Bio: A versatile newspaperman since 1964, CLIVE RIVERS explains his succinct style in equally succinct terms: "More than three-and-a-half decades of newswriting taught me not to waste words."