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Do you trust the liberal media? While the tabloid and right-wing
press - the Sun, The Times, the Mail and the Express - are
constantly criticised for dangerous bias, outlets like the BBC and
the Guardian are trusted by their readers to report in the
interests of the public. However, the reality is that all corporate
media is systematically filtered by the powerful interests that
own, manage and fund it. Propaganda Blitz shows that the corporate
media does not just 'spin' the news - it fundamentally distorts
everything it touches, hiding the real issues from public view, and
often completely reversing the truth. This book uncovers a storm of
top-down campaigns behind war reporting from Iraq, Syria and
Palestine, as well as the destruction of the credibility of figures
on the left, including Jeremy Corbyn, Russell Brand and Hugo
Chavez. Exposing propagandists at the top levels of the BBC, as
well as their reporting on the Scottish independence referendum,
the dismantling of the NHS and looming climate chaos, Propaganda
Blitz explains the real meaning of 'objective' journalism, exposes
the fake news about 'fake news' and outlines a model for
anti-business media activism.
Climate change is a pressing reality. From hurricane Katrina to
melting polar ice, and from mass extinctions to increased threats
to food and water security, the link between corporate
globalization and planetary blowback is becoming all too evident.
Governments and business keep reassuring the public they are going
to fix the problem. This book brings together some leading
activists who disagree. They expose the inertia, denial,
deception-even threats to our civil liberties-which comprise
mainstream responses from civil and military policy makers, and
from opinion formers in the media, corporations and academia. An
epochal change is called for in te way we all engage with the
climate crisis. Key to that change is Aubrey Meyer's proposed
"Contraction and Convergence" framework for limiting global carbon
emissions, which he outlines in this book. Also included here are
contributions from Mayer Hillman and George Marshall, making this a
powerful and vital guide to how mass mobilization can avert the
looming catastrophe.
Do you trust the liberal media? While the tabloid and right-wing
press - the Sun, The Times, the Mail and the Express - are
constantly criticised for dangerous bias, outlets like the BBC and
the Guardian are trusted by their readers to report in the
interests of the public. However, the reality is that all corporate
media is systematically filtered by the powerful interests that
own, manage and fund it. Propaganda Blitz shows that the corporate
media does not just 'spin' the news - it fundamentally distorts
everything it touches, hiding the real issues from public view, and
often completely reversing the truth. This book uncovers a storm of
top-down campaigns behind war reporting from Iraq, Syria and
Palestine, as well as the destruction of the credibility of figures
on the left, including Jeremy Corbyn, Russell Brand and Hugo
Chavez. Exposing propagandists at the top levels of the BBC, as
well as their reporting on the Scottish independence referendum,
the dismantling of the NHS and looming climate chaos, Propaganda
Blitz explains the real meaning of 'objective' journalism, exposes
the fake news about 'fake news' and outlines a model for
anti-business media activism.
One of the unspoken assumptions of the Western world is that we are
great defenders of human rights, a free press and the benefits of
market economics. Mistakes might be made along the way, perhaps
even tragic errors of judgement such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
But the prevailing view is that the West is essentially a force for
good in the wider world. Why Are We The Good Guys? is a provocative
challenge of this false ideology. David Cromwell digs beneath
standard accounts of crucial issues such as foreign policy, climate
change and the constant struggle between state-corporate power and
genuine democracy. The powerful evidence-based analysis of current
affairs is leavened by some of the formative experiences that led
the author to question the basic myth of Western benevolence: from
schoolroom experiments in democracy, exposure to radical ideas at
home, and a mercy mission while at sea; to an unexpected encounter
with former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, the struggles to publish
hard-hitting journalism, and the founding of Media Lens in 2001.
Media Lens' mission is to correct the distorted vision of the
liberal media. A thorn in the side of the Guardian, Independent,
Channel 4 and the BBC, among many others, it is constantly under
counterfire by those it attacks. These responses are collected in
Newspeak. They expose the arrogance and servility to power of our
leading journalists and editors, starring Andrew Marr, Alan
Rusbridger, Roger Alton, Jon Snow, Jeremy Bowen and even George
Monbiot. Packed with forensic media analysis, revealing the lethal
bias in 'balanced' reporting. Even the 'best' UK media turn out to
be cheerleaders for government, business and war. Alongside an A-Z
of BBC propaganda and chapters on Iraq and climate change, Newspeak
focuses on the demonisation of Iran and Venezuela, the
Israel-Palestine conflict, the myth of impartial reporting and the
dark art of smearing dissidents.
""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
"Regular 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 Chomsky
"Media 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. Herman
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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