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Title:

Tell me lies : propaganda and media distortion in the attack on Iraq / edited by David Miller.

Publisher:

Pluto,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

x, 310 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Iraq War, 2003--Press coverage--Great Britain.
Iraq War, 2003--Mass media and the war.
Iraq War, 2003--Propaganda.

Other Authors:

Miller, David, 1964-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A great betrayal ; The lies of old ; The case for civil disobedience ; Crime against humanity ; The unthinkable is becoming normal / John Pilger -- War is sell / Laura Miller, John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton -- Brainscrubbing: the failures of U.S. public diplomacy after 9/11 / Nancy Snow -- Misreporting war has a long history / Des Freedman -- Psychological warfare against the public: Iraq and beyond / Mark Curtis -- The propaganda machine / David Miller -- History or bunkum? / Philip Knightley -- Spies and lies / Stephen Dorril -- No blood for oil? / Andy Rowell.
The minute it's made up, you'll hear about it / Mark Steel -- Reporting the war on British television / Justin Lewis and Rod Brookes -- 9/11, spectacles of terror, and media manipulation / Douglas Kellner -- "Look, I'm an American" / Norman Solomon -- "Let the atrocious images haunt us" / Julian Petley -- Normalising godfatherly aggression / Edward Herman -- Little Ali and other rescued children / Patricia Holland.
Watchdogs or lapdogs?: media, politics, and regulation: the US experience / Granville Williams -- The BBC: a personal account / Abdul Hadi Jiad -- Mass deception: how the media helped the government deceive the people / David Edwards and David Cromwell -- Covering the Middle East: an interview with Robert Fisk -- Why the BBC ducks the Palestinian story / Tim Llewellyn.
Black holes of history: public understanding and the shaping of our past / Greg Philo and Maureen Gilmour -- Al Jazeera's war / Faisal Bodi -- Target the media / Tim Gopsill -- Turning my back on the mainstream / Yvonne Ridley -- Inside the system: anti-war activism in the media / David Crouch -- Disruptive technology: Iraq and the Internet / Alistair Alexander -- The anti-war movement: Noam Chomsky interviewed by Matthew Tempest.

Summary:

What did the media tell us in the run up to war on Iraq? Was it all true? Where are the weapons of mass destruction? This book is for everyone who is appalled by the duplicity and misinformation churned out by the media in the lead up to war with Iraq, and in its long and continuing aftermath.

ISBN:

9780745322018 (pbk.) :
0745322018 (pbk.) :
9780745322025
0745322026

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52879379
(OCoLC)55223548

LCCN:

2004273663

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)