The Murder Business

How the Media Turns Crime into Entertainment and Subverts Justice

By: Mark Fuhrman

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Media and law enforcement work at cross-purposes. Law enforcement wants to solve a case as fast as possible and put the guilty behind bars. The media wants a case to drag on as long as humanly possible and do all they can to extricate every last bit of drama—drop by bloody drop—in order to hold the attention of the millions of viewers who have gotten hooked. Law enforcement must abide by rules. The media make their own rules, or break them, or find loopholes to work around them.

If people knew how it's done—how the media seduce, buy, bribe, and corrupt, like an inevitable, malignant cancer on a murder investigation—they might be too sickened to buy the next ticket to the carnival. But as Mark Fuhrman relates in The Murder Business, a heinous crime can produce many victims, and high-profile murders can hurt innocent people who get burned by the spotlight, whether or not they sought it out themselves. This searing indictment of the media shows how the criminal justice system can be manipulated by money, power, politics, fame—and all too often, ratings.

©2009 Mark Fuhrman (P)2009 Phoenix Books, Inc.

Thank you

This book says more about us, than most people will be comfortable with. it has gotten to the point that there's less real news than fake. journalists have a responsibility to check facts before they publish, or hit submit on their keyboards. it boils down to to a verdion of "if it bleeds, it leads". we as consumers of said journalism should expect and demand it be factual.

Great book for the budding Criminologist

I got this book for research on an assignment into the media's influences on crime. The information in regards to that was limited although the stories were interesting. The apparently mishandling of cases us jaw dropping in some stories. Here kids are great read. The narrative is superb too although he had a way if pronouncing investigation that is unique.
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The Murder sBusiness 4+ star

The book moves quickly and keeps the listener awake. Mr. Fuhrman needs to write more books just for those of us who enjoy true crime stories.

Why didn't Mr. Fuhrman mention the gloves? I listened twice and gloves weren't mentioned. The most curious part of the case. Also why didn't Mr. F ever mention Christopher Darden, the second chair of the offense?

Mark provides the best insights

excellent book makes me wonder why after all these years why hasn't Brad Robert's said any thing? Marks perspective on other crimes is very interesting write more books!

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good book. very informative. glad I listened to this. thanks for setting things straight. I have recommended this to several friends