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Power Beyond Scrutiny
Justin Schlosberg
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Description for Power Beyond Scrutiny
Paperback. Revealing critique of the mainstream media - why it fails to challenge those in power and keeps silent on certain issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: JFD; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Power Beyond Scrutiny uncovers the forces which distort and limit public debate in the media. From the misuse of politicians' expenses to recent phone hacking scandals, establishment corruption has never been more in the headlines. Yet amidst the din there have been seismic silences.
Justin Schlosberg interrogates these silences - why did a plea bargain which allowed Britain's biggest arms company to escape bribery prosecution go almost entirely unchallenged in television news? Why did journalists routinely endorse the official explanation of how intelligence analyst David Kelly died, whilst ignoring the mounting evidence which undermined it? Why, ... Read more
Power Beyond Scrutiny uncovers the forces which distort and limit public debate in the media. From the misuse of politicians' expenses to recent phone hacking scandals, establishment corruption has never been more in the headlines. Yet amidst the din there have been seismic silences.
Justin Schlosberg interrogates these silences - why did a plea bargain which allowed Britain's biggest arms company to escape bribery prosecution go almost entirely unchallenged in television news? Why did journalists routinely endorse the official explanation of how intelligence analyst David Kelly died, whilst ignoring the mounting evidence which undermined it? Why, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745332918
SKU
V9780745332918
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About Justin Schlosberg
Justin Schlosberg is a media activist, researcher and lecturer in Journalism and Media Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of Power Beyond Scrutiny (Pluto, 2013).
Reviews for Power Beyond Scrutiny
'An illuminating and deeply disturbing book'
Phillip Knightley, author and journalist 'A book by one of the new generation's rising stars that examines the forces that limit investigative journalism'
Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London
Phillip Knightley, author and journalist 'A book by one of the new generation's rising stars that examines the forces that limit investigative journalism'
Professor James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London