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Critical examination of the view that mainstream journalists are too close to the intelligence and security services (Paperback)
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Critical examination of the view that mainstream journalists are too close to the intelligence and security services (Paperback)
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Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Communications -
Journalism, Journalism Professions, grade: 1,0, University of
Lincoln (Media and Humanities), course: International Human Rights
for Journalists, language: English, abstract: "Intelligence sources
in Pakistan have said that Miss al-Sadah, and the other relatives
of bin Laden currently in hospital will be returned to their
countries of origin when they have recovered" (Daily Telegraph, May
5 2011). "Intelligence sources revealed terrorists intend to target
Belfast or Derry to send out their anti-British message on the day
Prince William and Kate Middleton marry" (The Mirror, April 25
2011). "UK spooks were last night in a desperate race to track ten
terrorists recruited for a Mumbai-style attack in Europe. A Sun
probe reveals intelligence sources believe the cell is committed to
a strike before Christmas" (The Sun, October 9 2010). These three
quotes from major British newspapers depict the ongoing willingness
of journalists to use information from anonymous sources. Whoever
thinks that the information disaster during the build-up of the
Iraq War, when the UK press regularly published wrong reports based
on intelligence sources, has stopped them from continuing this
practice, is wrong. But of course this is nothing new. This
procedure has been going on for the last sixty years, and not even
the most outlandish disinformation campaigns in the past have kept
the press from going to bed with spies. In this essay, I want to
explore the reasons that lie behind this behaviour. Why do
journalists accept information from intelligence sources so
willingly? What are the dangers, but also the benefits of this
behaviour? What happens if journalists cross the line and work for
the intelligence services? And what reasons do spooks have to
disguise themselves as hacks? And last, but not least: What has
James Bond got to do with it?
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