LEADER 04678nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910454694203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78371-071-3 010 $a1-84964-300-8 010 $a1-281-75093-X 010 $a9786611750930 010 $a1-4356-6263-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000533643 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH22933588 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000166163 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11924549 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000166163 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10144730 035 $a(PQKB)10155603 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3386391 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3386391 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10479951 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL175093 035 $a(OCoLC)71346932 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000533643 100 $a20060809d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGuardians of power$b[electronic resource] $ethe myth of the liberal media /$fDavid Edwards and David Cromwell 210 $aLondon ;$aAnn Arbor, Mich. $cPluto Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7453-2482-7 311 $a0-7453-2483-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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 -- Idolatry ink : 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. 330 $bGuardians 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.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. 606 $aPress and politics$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aJournalism$xObjectivity$zGreat Britain 606 $aJournalistic ethics$zGreat Britain 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPress and politics$xHistory 615 0$aJournalism$xObjectivity 615 0$aJournalistic ethics 676 $a323.4450941 700 $aEdwards$b David$f1962-$0916411 701 $aCromwell$b David$f1962-$0916412 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454694203321 996 $aGuardians of power$92054395 997 $aUNINA