Norman Solomon's compilation of media essays analyzing and skewering the corporate media is not just an excellent historical journey, it make us look at ourselves and remember how the corporate media spin stories and successfully deceive a majority of the American people who are seduced by the slickness and gloss of the air brushed barie doll couple inhabiting the surreal world of the media and those behind the scenes, like the Wizard of Oz, who control what Americans see and read.
One of the best essays was one titled "Orwellian Logic 101" in
which Solomon defines terms currently adrift in the media universe and what they really mean. Terms such as terrorist, propaganda effort and responsible journalism.
Solomon's compilation is an excellent opportunity to awaken oneself from the media induced sleep which is too easily entered and from which it is difficult to awaken.
Solomon practices the important notion of viewing the world not as one thinks it ought to be but how it really is--full of lying politicians, seducers, PR men, and media sycophants who willingly and cheerfully participate as U.S. government spokesman and flag waving supporters for global hegemony supporting without question or critique American foreign policy.
- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: Common Courage Press (July 1, 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1567511546
- ISBN-13: 978-1567511543
- Product Dimensions: 5 x 0.9 x 7.7 inches
- Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
- Customer Reviews: 4 customer reviews
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Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
#3,700,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4452 in Media Studies (Books)
- #2071 in Journalism
- #6219 in Journalism Writing Reference (Books)
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