Embedded -- weapons of mass deception : how the media failed to cover the war in Iraq /
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| Author / Creator: | Schechter, Danny. |
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| Imprint: | Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2003. |
| Description: | 286 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5047802 |
Table of Contents:
- Books
- Dedication
- Prologue to a Post Log
- Introduction
- Blogging the War Away
- Chapter 1. Winners and Losers
- Training Media For War
- Pentagon Puts Journalists to Use in Selling the War
- Irony and Reality in Reporting the Post-war War
- Now That the War is Over, Media Shame Surfaces
- The Link Between War, the FCC and our Right to Know
- White House Press Party Becomes a Bush Rally
- War as News Becomes War as History
- Chapter 2. Producing the War
- Iraqi 'Monster' Seeks to Win our Hearts and Minds
- War Calls and the News Biz Rushes to Enlist
- The Media War and the Anti-war Movement
- How to Keep the Media on Message
- Keeping the Cards Below the Table
- The Media War Mirrors the Coming War
- Partying with MSNBC.com
- Messiahs and More Media Mishigas
- Words From the Wise
- Chapter 3. Countdown to War
- Washington Demands U.N. Inspectors Leave Iraq
- Liberation By Devastation
- Embed with the Military
- Chapter 4. Mobilizing Opinion
- Right Wing Liberation Theology Drives Speech
- War Dances and Media Complaints
- Media Jumps Aboard the President's War Express
- When Jingoism Replaces Journalism
- "Fictitious Times are Here Again"
- 15 Bungled Stories
- Chapter 5. Battlefield Blues
- Is the Invasion Bogged Down in a New Quagmire?
- The Network Jihad on Journalism
- Personalities Targeted as Problems Emerge
- "A Preposterous Facsimile of Journalism'
- What is "the Value Proposition?"
- Media Shakedown and Breakdown
- Onward, Christian Soldiers
- War as One Big Joke
- Chapter 6. Surrounding Baghdad
- Invaders Face Sandstorms, Bugs and Citizen Soldiers
- April Fools' Day: The Fall and Rise of Peter Arnett
- Pentagon Turns on Armchair Generals
- Baghdad Braces, Say TV Faces
- Words of the Wise
- Chapter 7. War Kills Journalists
- Death Toll Mounts as War Tragedy Invades Newsrooms
- What Would Dr. King Say About All of This?
- TV is Bombed to Cure Their Propaganda
- Decapitation Strikes Target Saddam
- Comics Make Fun of the Conflict
- Amnesia Stalks the Airwaves
- Another War of Words
- Chapter 8. So This is Victory?
- Looting Erupts, Baghdad in Chaos as Soldiers Watch
- Liberation Festival for Thieves and Terror
- War Wows Them in Heartland
- Networks Decide to Change the Subject
- War is Over, Now It's Time to Move on
- Now the Resistance and Political Turmoil
- War Coverage Under Fire From BBC Chief
- Thug Life, Baghdad Style
- Truth Crushed to Earth Will Rise Again
- The Statue Spectacle: We Wanted It to Be True But It Wasn't
- Chapter 9. Remembering the Fallen
- After the War: Call for a Media Crimes Tribunal
- CPJ Releases Report on Palestine Hotel Attack
- Roster of the Dead and Missing
- Amplifing Officials, Squelching Dissent (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)
- Chapter 10. What Can You Do About It?
- A Call for Media Activism
- After the War: The Summer of Summing Up
- Manhunts and Media Myopia
- A Letter to Edward R. Murrow
- The Networks and News Management
- Chapter 11. International Perspectives
- The War Against Iraq on Television: A Split Reality
- Last Words
- Deception as Policy
- Credits
- About the Author: Danny Schechter
- About Coldtype.net