""Guardians of Power" ought to be required reading in every media
college. It is the most important book about journalism I can
remember."
- John Pilger
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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 Chomsky
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Can 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.
SinceJuly 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.
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