Title Guardians of power : the myth of the liberal media / David Edwards and David Cromwell

Published London ; Ann Arbor, MI : Pluto Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 241 pages) Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-228) and index Notes 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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Press and politics -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century Journalism -- Objectivity -- Great Britain Journalistic ethics -- Great Britain Mass media -- Objectivity. Journalistic ethics. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism. Mass media -- Objectivity Journalism -- Objectivity Journalistic ethics Press and politics Abhängigkeit Berichterstattung Journalismus Kontrolle Liberalismus Machtpolitik Massenmedien Objektivität Massamediaindustrie. Manipulatie. Journalistiek. Medien -- Politik -- Grossbritannien. Politik -- Medien -- Grossbritannien. Medien -- Politik -- USA. Politik -- Medien -- USA. Kriegsberichterstattung -- Grossbritannien. Kriegsberichterstattung -- USA. Press and politics -- Great Britain -- History -- 21st century. Journalism -- Objectivity -- Great Britain. Journalistic ethics -- Great Britain. Great Britain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Cromwell, David, 1962- author. LC no. 2006278119 ISBN 9781849643009 1849643008 9786611750930 6611750932 128175093X 9781281750938 1435662636 9781435662636 1783710713 9781783710713

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