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.
David Cromwell
David Cromwell ໄດ້ສຶກສາປັດຊະຍາທໍາມະຊາດແລະດາລາສາດແລະໄດ້ປະລິນຍາເອກໃນຟີຊິກແສງຕາເວັນ. ລາວໄດ້ເຮັດວຽກສໍາລັບການສະກົດຄໍາກັບ Shell ໃນປະເທດເນເທີແລນແລະຕໍ່ມາໄດ້ຂຶ້ນຕໍາແຫນ່ງຄົ້ນຄ້ວາໃນມະຫາສະຫມຸດໃນ Southampton. ລາວໄດ້ປະໄວ້ໃນປີ 2010 ເພື່ອເຮັດວຽກເຕັມເວລາໃນ Media Lens ບ່ອນທີ່ລາວເປັນບັນນາທິການ. ລາວເປັນຜູ້ຂຽນຂອງ Why Are We The Good Guys? (Zero Books, 2012); ຜູ້ຂຽນຮ່ວມ, ກັບ David Edwards, ຂອງສອງປື້ມ Media Lens: Guardians of Power (Pluto Books, 2006) ແລະ Newspeak ໃນສະຕະວັດທີ 21 (Pluto Books, 2009); author ຂອງ Private Planet (Jon Carpenter Publishing, 2001); ແລະບັນນາທິການຮ່ວມ, ກັບ Mark Levene, ຂອງ Surviving Climate Change (Pluto Books, 2007).