ISBN:
9781849643009
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1849643008
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 241 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Edwards, David, 1962- Guardians of power
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Press and politics History
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21st century
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Great Britain
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Journalism Objectivity
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Great Britain
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Journalistic ethics Great Britain
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Médias Objectivité
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Presse Objectivité
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Médias Aspect politique
;
Journalistes Déontologie
;
Great Britain
;
Journalism Objectivity
;
Journalistic ethics
;
Press and politics History 21st century
;
Journalism Objectivity
;
Great Britain
;
Journalistes Déontologie
;
Great Britain
;
Journalistic ethics Great Britain
;
Médias Aspect politique
;
Médias Objectivité
;
Press and politics History
;
21st century
;
Great Britain
;
Presse Objectivité
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Media Studies
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Journalism
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Journalism ; Objectivity
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Journalistic ethics
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Press and politics
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History
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Great Britain
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Electronic book
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Electronic books History
Abstract:
Guardians of Power ought to be required reading in every media college. It is the most important book about journalism I can remember. John PilgerRegular critical analysis of the media, filling crucial gaps and correcting the distortions of ideological prisms, has never been more important. Media Lens has performed a major public service by carrying out this task with energy, insight, and care. Noam ChomskyMedia Lens is doing an outstanding job of pressing the mainstream media to at least follow their own stated principles and meet their public service obligations. [This is] fun as well as enlightening. Edward S. HermanCan a corporate media system be expected to tell the truth about a world dominated by corporations?Can newspapers, including the 'liberal' Guardian and the Independent, tell the truth about catastrophic climate change -- about its roots in mass consumerism and corporate obstructionism -- when they are themselves profit-oriented businesses dependent on advertisers for 75% of their revenues?Can the BBC tell the truth about UK government crimes in Iraq when its senior managers are appointed by the government? Has anything fundamentally changed since BBC founder Lord Reith wrote of the establishment: They know they can trust us not to be really impartial?Why did the British and American mass media fail to challenge even the most obvious government lies on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction before the invasion in March 2003? Why did the media ignore the claims of UN weapons inspectors that Iraq had been 90-95% fundamentally disarmed as early as 1998?This book answers these questions, and more.Since July 2001, Media Lens has encouraged thousands of readers to email senior editors and journalists, challenging them to account for their distorted reporting on Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Haiti, East Timor, climate change, Western crimes in Central America, and much more. The responses -- often surprising, sometimes outrageous -- reveal the arrogance, unaccountability and servility to power of even our most respected media
Abstract:
The mass media : neutral, honest, psychopathic -- Iraq : the sanctions of mass destruction -- Iraq disarmed : burying the 1991-98 weapons inspections -- Iraq : gunning for war and burying the dead -- Afghanistan : let them eat grass -- Kosovo : real bombs, fictional genocide -- East Timor : the practical limits of crusading humanitarianism -- Haiti : the hidden logic of exploitation -- Idolatory link : Reagan, the 'cheerful conservative' and 'Chubby Bubba' Clinton -- Climate change : the ultimate media betrayal -- Disciplined media : professional conformity to power -- Towards a compassionate media -- Full human dissent.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-228) and index. - Description based on print version record
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Description based on print version record
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
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Online-Ausg. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
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