Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq [Paperback]

David Miller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 20, 2003

Did the US and UK governments lie about weapons of mass destruction to promote an attack on Iraq? Did the media hold them to account or act as cheerleaders for war? Tell me Lies reveals the systematic propaganda used by both the US and UK governments to convince us of the 'threat' from Iraq. It shows how we were deliberately misled into a war that has resulted in a humanitarian disaster in Iraq and threatens to create further instability and resentment of the US and UK throughout the Middle East. Written by some of the world's leading journalists and commentators, it's a scathing indictment of the role of the mainstream media in legitimising government actions and undermining dissent. Critics, activists and journalists from both sides of the Atlantic explore alternatives such as the internet and Al Jazeera and provide analysis and guidance on resisting the media war. Contributors include John Pilger, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Edward Herman, Mark Thomas, Mark Steel, Phillip Knightley, Tim Llewelyn (BBC Middle East Correspondent), Abdul Hadi Jiad (Iraqi journalist sacked by the BBC before the war), David Cromwell and David Edwards (Media Lens), Mark Curtis, John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton (PR Watch, and co-authors of Weapons of Mass Deception and Toxic Sludge is Good For You), Pat Holland, Norman Solomon (columnist and director of the Institute for Public Accuracy), Nancy Snow (California State University, Fullerton, author of Propaganda Inc. and Information War), Doug Kellner (UCLA), Julian Petley, Yvonne Ridley (Aljazeera.net and author of In the Hands of the Taliban), Tim Gopsill (Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom), Faisal Bodi (UK Guardian, Aljazeera.net), Alistair Alexander (Stop the War Coalition), Greg Philo (Glasgow University Media Group), Steve Dorrill, Andy Rowell, Granville Williams and cartoonists Steve Bell, Steve Caplin and Polyp.

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About the Author

David Miller is a reader at the Stirling Media Research Institute. His research interests include political communication, the media and violence, media effects and influences and science, risk and the media. He is author of Don't Mention the War: Northern Ireland, Propaganda and the Media (Pluto, 1994), The Circuit of Mass Communication: Media Strategies, Representation and Audience Reception in the AIDS Crisis (Sage, 1998 ), Market Killing: What Capitalism Does and What Social Scientists Can do about it (Longman, 2000, with Greg Philo)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pluto Press; Second edition edition (November 20, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745322018
• ISBN-13: 978-0745322018
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,637,529 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The media's methods, December 13, 2005

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BestCut (L.A. CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This book is a compilation of articles written for this book by some of the worlds top journalists and scholars. It is a study of the methods by which the mass media decieves the people. The person believeing the contributors to be liers failed to understand that disagreing with them does not make them so. This is a great book for understanding the mechanics of propaganda in the US and everywhere. An excellent book by the people that understand what is going on.

-Ukdollars

4.0 out of 5 stars Informative, unique in it's info, and well worth the asking price., June 11, 2011

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This review is from: Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq (Paperback)

A very interesting book well worth reading. There are not enough books like this- unique, new information concerning how our media is "full of it"---on the side of our enemies, anti-American as well as anti-Christian, immoral and amoral, and completely sold out to the money interests that they are supposed to warn us about and help to defend against. It even describes how the American media covers up massacres of women, children, and innocent males that were unecessary casualties and the brazen manner in which the American military handles and mocks these innocent victims. In addition, the price I paid for the book was very reasonable. Amazon does a great job and provides a fantastic service. I should add that the book is not by one author but by several contributing writers, making it more interesting in this venue.

4 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars must-read book for anyone with intelligence and curious mind, November 26, 2004

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mag biggs (uk) - See all my reviews

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this is a great book revealing all the lies put into our face by our very own media govt that we elect.everyone knows there were no evidence against WMD in iraq and attack on other countries are so unjustified.we have also being killing more than 500,000 iraqis since the sanction in 1994, and daily killings of palestinians in their own land. is the jewish n american life mor eprecious than the arabs? we apply state terrorism in our policy n to defend our dear friend israel,when this friend is actually the cause of all the problem in middle east. it is occupying someone's land and no action is taken about it, while we go around killing innocent people.and all the attacks were planned even earlier than 911.people with conscience and the right mind will find this book very interesting. Those whose brains have been programmed to reject anything that's against the govt or a certain illegal country might be a bit uncomfortable though reading this book.