Flat Earth News - An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media (Paperback)

After years of working as a respected journalist, Nick Davies broke the unwritten rule of the media by investigating the practices of his fellow colleagues. In this eye-opening expose, Davies uncovers an industry awash in corruption and bias. His findings include the story of a prestigious Sunday newspaper that allowed the CIA to plant fiction in its columns; the newsroom that routinely rejects stories about black people; the respected paper that hired a professional fraudster to set up a front company to entrap senior political figures; as well as a number of newspapers that pay cash bribes to bent detectives. His research also exposes a range of national stories that were in fact pseudo events manufactured by the public relations industry and global news stories that were fiction generated by a machinery of international propaganda. The degree to which the media industry has affected government policy and perverted popular belief is also addressed. Gripping and though-provoking, this is an insider's look at one of the world's most tainted professions.

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2009
First published:	May 2009
Authors:	Nick Davies
Dimensions:	200 x 132 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	420
ISBN-13:	978-0-09-951268-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > Press & journalism
LSN:	0-09-951268-8
Barcode:	9780099512684

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