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03162aam a2200505 i 4500 001 DC65A78CEE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220617010046 008 210528s2021 nsc b 001 0 eng 020 $a 9781773634876 020 $a 1773634879 035 $a (OCoLC)1252961146 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d NLC $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d OCLCO $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a lac 043 $a n-cn--- 050 4 $a RA644.C67 $b L67 2021 055 0 $a RA644.C67 $b L67 2021 082 04 $a 362.1962/41400971 $2 23 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Loreto, Nora, $d 1984- $e author. 245 10 $a Spin doctors : $b how media and politicians misdiagnosed the COVID-19 pandemic / $c Nora Loreto ; editing: Nora Loreto. 264 1 $a Halifax ; $b Fernwood Publishing, $c 2021. 300 $a ix, 402 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "As Canada was in the grips of the worst pandemic in a century, Canadian media struggled to tell the story. Newsrooms, already run on threadbare budgets, struggled to make broader connections that could allow their audience to better understand what was really happening, and why. Politicians and public health officials were mostly given the benefit of the doubt that what they said was true and that they acted in good faith. This book documents each month of the first year of the pandemic and examines the issues that emerged, from racialized workers to residential care to policing. It demonstrates how politicians and uncritical media shaped the popular understanding of these issues and helped to justify the maintenance of a status quo that created the worst ravages of the crisis. Spin Doctors argues alternative ways in which Canadians should understand the big themes of the crisis and create the necessary knowledge to demand large-scale change."-- $c Provided by publisher. 530 $a Issued also in electronic formats. 650 0 $a COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- $z Canada. 650 0 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $z Canada. 650 0 $a COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- $x Press coverage $z Canada. 650 0 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $x Press coverage $z Canada. 650 0 $a COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- $x Political aspects $z Canada. 650 0 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $x Political aspects $z Canada. 650 0 $a COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- $x Government policy $z Canada. 650 0 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $x Government policy $z Canada. 650 7 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01984643 650 7 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $x Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst02021820 650 7 $a COVID-19 (Disease) $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst02021838 650 7 $a Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353198 650 7 $a Press coverage. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01198921 651 7 $a Canada. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204310 700 1 $a Loreto, Nora, $d 1984- $e editor. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Loreto, Nora, 1984- $t Spin doctors. $d Halifax ; Winnipeg : Fernwood Publishing, 2021 $z 9781773635064 $z 9781773635064 $w (OCoLC)1258124643 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117011335.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DC65A78CEE0211ECABFB385646ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search