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Guardians of power: the myth of the liberal media

Guardians of power: the myth of the liberal media
Guardians of power: the myth of the liberal media
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 per cent 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 per cent "fundamentally disarmed" as early as 1998? This book answers these questions, and more.
0745324835
Pluto Books
Edwards, D.
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Cromwell, D.
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Edwards, D.
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Cromwell, D.
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Edwards, D. and Cromwell, D. (2006) Guardians of power: the myth of the liberal media , London, UK. Pluto Books, 241pp.

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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 per cent 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 per cent "fundamentally disarmed" as early as 1998? This book answers these questions, and more.

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Published date: 2006

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Local EPrints ID: 19149
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/19149
ISBN: 0745324835
PURE UUID: 5eff4ae9-c882-42d8-8f62-f1710ec5a627

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Date deposited: 09 Jan 2006
Last modified: 22 Jul 2022 20:26

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Author: D. Edwards
Author: D. Cromwell

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