Propaganda blitz : how the corporate media distort reality /

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Author / Creator:Edwards, David, 1962- author.
Imprint:London : Pluto Press, 2018.
Description:1 online resource (vxiii, 312 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12020580
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Other authors / contributors:Cromwell, David, 1962- author.
Pilger, John, writer of foreword.
ISBN:9781786803306
1786803305
9781786803320
1786803321
9781786803313
1786803313
9780745338125
9780745338118
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed on October 23, 2018).
Other form:Print version: Edwards, David, 1962- Propaganda blitz. London : Pluto Press, 2018 9780745338125
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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 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.

Physical Description:1 online resource (vxiii, 312 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781786803306
1786803305
9781786803320
1786803321
9781786803313
1786803313
9780745338125
9780745338118