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OverviewGuardians of Power is a thought-provoking and controversial challenge to the idea that western media is unbiased, fearless and open to different ideas. This book argues that a corporate media system be never be expected to tell the truth about a world dominated by corporations. It challenges the complacent view that newspapers, including the 'liberal' Guardian and the Independent, tell the truth about climate change, war and problems in society when they are profit-oriented businesses dependent on advertisers for 75% of their revenues. Guardians of Power is a radical intervention which will spark debate amongst media students and journalists, and all those who believe in the values of a free and independent media. Full Product DetailsAuthor: David Edwards , David Cromwell , John PilgerPublisher: Pluto Press Imprint: Pluto Press Dimensions: Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.330kg ISBN: 9780745324821ISBN 10: 0745324827 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 20 December 2005 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword by John Pilger 1 The Mass Media – Neutral, Honest, Psychopathic 2 Iraq – The Sanctions of Mass Destruction 3 Iraq Disarmed – Burying the 1991-98 Weapons Inspections 4 Iraq – Gunning For War And Burying The Dead 5 Afghanistan – Let Them Eat Grass 6 Kosovo – Real Bombs, Fictional Genocide 7 East Timor – The Practical Limits Of Crusading Humanitarianism 8 Haiti – The Hidden Logic Of Exploitation 9 Idolatry Ink – Reagan, The ‘Cheerful Conservative’ And ‘Chubby Bubba’ Clinton 10 Climate Change – The Ultimate Media Betrayal 11 Disciplined Media – Professional Conformity To Power 12 Towards A Compassionate Media 13 Full Human Dissent Resources IndexReviewsRegular 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 I really cannot do justice to this superb, devastating book ... It is not merely excellent, it is outstanding. Buy it. Read it. Use it. -- Morning Star Online Bias can enter the news gathering system at many junctions. Edwards and Cromwell rightly point to the capitalist structures of the corporations that now own the satellites and instruct and direct the crews to various locations which interest them as corporations, and also as competitors, where being first to break the news or , say, report an exclusive story, really matters to them. The development of Media Lens may permit it soon to have the power to act as an alternative source and a correcting influence on the gross distortions in the news we receive at present. -- Henry McCubbin, The Spokesman '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 'I really cannot do justice to this superb, devastating book ...It is not merely excellent, it is outstanding. Buy it. Read it. Use it.' -- Morning Star Online 'The development of Media Lens may permit it soon to have the power to act as an alternative source and a correcting influence on the gross distortions in the news we receive at present' -- Henry McCubbin, The Spokesman 'In telling us the unvarnished truth, Media Lens is the best thing to happen to the British media for as long as 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 Author InformationDavid Edwards is is co-editor and co-founder of Media Lens. He is the author of Free To Be Human (1995), The Compassionate Revolution (1998), and co-author, with David Cromwell, of Guardians of Power (2006), Newspeak in the 21st Century (2009), and Propaganda Blitz: How and Why Corporate Media Distort Reality (Pluto, 2018). David Cromwell is co-editor and co-founder of Media Lens. His previous books include Private Planet (2001) and Why Are We The Good Guys? (2012). He is the co-author, with David Edwards, of Guardians of Power (2006), Newspeak in the 21st Century (2009) and Propaganda Blitz: How and Why Corporate Media Distort Reality (Pluto, 2018). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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