The War on Journalism Racked by public distrust cowed by government surveillance and powerful corporations the mainstream media is in crisis Newspapers which flourished for centuries and TV networks that once ruled the w
Racked by public distrust, cowed by government surveillance and powerful corporations, the mainstream media is in crisis Newspapers which flourished for centuries and TV networks that once ruled the world are failing Andrew Fowler s The War on Journalism tells how the media helped write its own epitaph Drawing on personal interviews and his background in investigative jRacked by public distrust, cowed by government surveillance and powerful corporations, the mainstream media is in crisis Newspapers which flourished for centuries and TV networks that once ruled the world are failing Andrew Fowler s The War on Journalism tells how the media helped write its own epitaph Drawing on personal interviews and his background in investigative journalism, Fowler traces the decline of the culture of truthbringing It s a tale of sackings, cutbacks and self censoring editors, deals, threats and government standover tactics Alongside tabloids like the News of the World, notorious for phone hacking, giants like the BBC, Australia s ABC, The Washington Post and The New York Times, The Guardian and Le Monde come under fire When first WikiLeaks and then Edward Snowden blew the whistle, they did than reveal explosive secrets they undermined establishment, or insider, media where governments leaked information to favoured reporters in return for sympathetic coverage Along with lawyer turned gonzo journalist Glenn Greenwald, these outsiders challenged everyone from The Guardian on the left to Rupert Murdoch s global media empire on the right The establishment fought back with draconian laws to silence the new journalism From the UK to the US to Australia, governments harass journalists, threatening to jail both whistleblowers and those who publish their leaks Staying one move ahead of post 9 11 intelligence agencies is fraught Every cell phone is a mobile tracking device The public s right to know is a battleground At stake are the kind of journalism that survives and the kind of world in which we will live democratic or dominated by executive government, unchallenged and unaccountable, spying on its own citizens and producing fraudulent arguments to fight horrific wars.The internet which promised people easy access to information and each other is now being used to produce a dark future This is a defining moment, not just for journalism but for us all.
-
The War on Journalism >> Andrew Fowler
276
Andrew Fowler
-
Title:
The War on Journalism >> Andrew Fowler
Posted by:
Published :2019-09-04T16:21:50+00:00
Andrew Fowler Is a well-known author, some of his books are a fascination for readers like in theThe War on Journalism book, this is one of the most wanted Andrew Fowler author readers around the world.
885 Replys to “The War on Journalism”
The New Media Empires7 October 2015 The problem that I find with some books, especially these non-fiction books, is that there is so much in them that it can be difficult to remember all of the points that the author has made without having to write copious notes. The other problem is that since I am incredibly time poor I really have little time to craft a brilliant and concise review based upon these notes, so in the end I generally just read through the book and hope for the best when I come [...]
This is a topic I've only recently begun to think about. Because of the political climate I've begun to depend on the news much more frequently and want to know that what I'm reading is balanced, factual and reliable. I'm on the fence about whistleblowers because while it can be important to know things that affect us, I also am not certain that I believe that we truly need to know absolutely everything. But I'm not sureis is a topic to really wrestle with. But one thing I do knowurnalism is imp [...]
I listened to this audiobook thanks to Blinkist.I am absolutely STUNNED. Read this if you prefer GOOD non-fiction.The key message in this book:A free press serves as a counterweight to state power. The public can’t be informed unless journalists are free to research and publish stories to benefit democracy and encourage transparent government. Today, however, free media is under threat. The internet has given governments additional tools of repression against journalists and whistleblowers and [...]
“Paradoxically, at a time when information flows around the world more freely than ever before, the controls are tightening.”
A fantastic insight into the murky world of spying, journalism, conservative politicians and media barons.