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Into The Buzzsaw: LEADING JOURNALISTS EXPOSE THE MYTH OF A FREE PRESS Paperback – Illustrated, October 1, 2004

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WINNER: National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press CriticismLeading journalists from Fox News, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, newspapers, and other outlets-including Dan Rather, Ashleigh Banfield, Robert McChesney, Greg Palast, Pulitzer Prize and Emmy winners, and more-recount the press censorship they experienced in the wake of 9/11 security concerns. With a foreword by Gore Vidal and edited by former CBS and CNN producer Kristina Borjesson, this highly acclaimed anthology has been described as "fascinating and disturbing," "uplifting" and "infuriating," and a "penetrating collection of powerful essays." The original edition won the National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism and was selected by the New York Public Library as one of the most extraordinary titles of 2002.

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Adult/High School - For this edition, three of the original essays were removed and four new ones added. Many others have been updated, making the book even more pertinent and timely, notably with Michael Levine's contribution on the nation's drug war and Jane Akre's account of her legal battle with Rupert Murdoch over the broadcast of her story on Monsanto's bovine hormone. Each of the new chapters documents how journalists have experienced increased censorship in the aftermath of September 11th: Dan Rather speaks frankly of the pressure to report "friendly" news or risk being labeled unpatriotic; Charles Reina, formerly of Fox News, reveals the existence of "The Memo," a daily Bush-era e-mail "addressing what stories [would] be covered" and how; and MSNBC reporter Ashleigh Banfield relates how her candid, extemporaneous personal observations on media coverage of the Middle East (given in a lecture at Kansas State University) drew the ire of corporate executives. Most disturbing is Charlotte Dennett's analysis of how the media "missed the context" between the Bush administration's war on terror and "the Great Game for oil." In her new introduction, Borjesson notes that the current state of American journalism makes it even more important that the work of investigative journalists and media critics be unreservedly and widely disseminated. As before, Buzzsawprovides a vital perspective on the First Amendment right to a free press and its endangered status today. - Dori DeSpain, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
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"This book should be read by everyone who cares about the truth. The stories make for spellbinding reading as we learn about the trials of investigative reporting, but they also are a potent reminder that in times such as these, we need our "muckrakers" more than ever.”

—South Florida Sun Sentinel

“Pertinent and timely. . . . Provides a vital perspective on the First Amendment right to a free press and its endangered status today.”

—School Library Journal

"If members of the general public read this book, they will be appalled... timely and essential reading.”

—Publishers Weekly

"All these pieces are interesting, and a couple are fascinating...some of this material is alarming."

—New York Review of Books

"Searing accounts of…personal battles with the pressures of censorship. The writing is, as might be expected, riveting. . .this book is recommended.”

—Quill & Scroll

"The first edition of this book appeared during the early months of the Bush administrations' war on terror. Since then, the climate for investigative journalism has only become more repressive. This updated edition...adds about 80 pages of new material...Highly recommended."

—Library Journal

Publisher : Prometheus; 2nd ed. edition (October 1, 2004)
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Paperback : 462 pages
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ISBN-13 : 978-1591022305
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TLR

Superb, needs another update

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2015

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Reading this book recently brought back a lot of memories of the 1990s/early 2000s, the constant parade of official lies, and the way the corporate media has given up any pretense of doing real journalism. Terrified that they might be labeled "unpatriotic" or friendly to terrorists, and pressured by their corporate executives to get with the program, reporters in the last few decades have essentially become court stenographers. This book contains many excellent articles about the TWA 800 cover-up, CIA cocaine trafficking, the MIA/POW issue, and other corporate/government scandals. The only weak chapters are by Dan Rather and Maurice Murad, who can't let go of the myths about the "good old days" of journalism, and still cling to some elements of the corporate media in the hope that they are staying well-informed.

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Patricia Herren

Don't expect to know the truth from the media

Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2016

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A collection of articles by journalist who attempted to address events that were squelched by their editors or publishers for a variety of reasons. If you have realized that truth was taking a beating in the media this book will fill in the blanks for you. I got the book when I saw the name Gerald Colby in the review. Mr Colby is the author of Behind the Nylon Curtain about the DuPonts and Thy Will Be Done about the Rockefellers. He tells how these books were suppressed by the publisher despite the sales. I also recommend Thy Will Be Done . It's very revealing!

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M Coroy

I felt like my naivety went into the Buzz Saw reading this expose.

Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2012

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This book is really an important work if you want to get an insiders perspective of how the media distorts, limits and ignores news for business and political purposes. If you don't believe that the media is influenced by money, power and sometimes corruption then get this book, a highlighter and study it. It will rock your world.
It contains many stories of how the important and pertinent truth of the behind the scenes stories are suppressed, ignored and distorted. It is a disturbing expose' of the news media. I have always been a flag waving republican who defended "the American Way" when confronted by nut-cases who tried to tell me that our government and media were not being totally honest and completely forthright with me. My eyes however have recently been slowly opening to the truth of that, so I decided to get this book. It was more troubling than I expected. For instance I thought FOX News was one of the very few good-guys left trying to do what "the main stream media" refuses to do. After reading Jane Akre's story of how she, as an investigative reporter, took on Monsanto on their "hormone" rBGH given to cows to make them "milking machines" and what happened to her, I am more disappointed in FOX than I can say. She, and the other authors in this book are very brave people. And I would say, are among the few that still have some integrity left in the news world. That is not to say that the rest of the news organizations are not called out, they are.
That being said, I do not necessarily agree with all of their conclusions or perspectives but I do not question their honesty. The selection of the stories in this book does come across to me to be in the greater part, an anti-republican perspective. The instances seem to focus on the political world of the republican administrations. That is not to say that there is bias or any slant in the stories themselves just that I am sure that there are just as many instances of deliberate misconduct in both political environments.
I still stubbornly hope that through these kinds of informative books, the truth will win out and America will wake up and demand honest leadership in our media and politicians. We should value those that speak truth to power and I believe that most Americans still do. The stories in this book demonstrate that hope springs eternal because I sense that the authors are telling their stories because they still, after all of their difficulties, believe in our country, the first amendment of our constitution and continue to hope that liberty and truth will somehow prevail...against all odds.

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Simeon Hein

How Our Mass Media is Censored, Distorted, and Silenced.

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2005

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'Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press' edited by Kristina Borjesson is a "must read" book for every concerned citizen.The authors show how our media and book publishing industries are strongly controlled by corporate interests. Borjesson does a particularly good job, for example, of showing how the investigation of TWA flight 800 was so intensely influenced by the government that the real story never came to light. This is an important book and it is shocking to find out how much pressure is put on free-thinking, professional journalists to present news according to the interests and agendas of big institutions. The updated paperback version now contains a contribution from news reporter Dan Rather. This book is especially valuable for readers wanting to understand why the U.S. media censors controversial topics such as UFOs, even this subject receives wide attention in other countries like Russia and China.
(Dr. Simeon Hein is the author of Opening Minds: A Journey of Extraordinary Encounters, Crop Circles, and Resonance (Mount Baldy Press, 2002)).

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Harley Dgrl

He loves his book!

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2018

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Brought this for my son. He was so happy and he can't stop talking about it!!

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toddmilner

Blinders Removed!

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2013

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While I have long realized that the media has sold the public out I didn't realize the depth and degree to which they have as well as not having my nose rubbed into how deeply our government has sold out the citizenry. This book, by the caliber of essayists featured, has caused a total shift in the way I see Americas' institutions which are purportedly established to support individuals. I can hear the American Revolution soldiers and statesmen screaming from their graves.

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Mikalina

well researched and referenced writing by brilliant and honest journalists

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2018

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Although the book is over ten years old, it still contains very relevant information for today. In this world of fake news, it is really refreshing to read solid, very, very, well researched and referenced writing by brilliant and honest journalists. They reveal the work they did and how it was prevented from being published or quietly disappeared. There are strong resemblances to stories today which do not reach the MSM.

Greg Pallast's revelation of the voter fraud committed in 2000 which disenfranchised enough African American Florida votes to give the election to Bush is a case in point. It was a precursor for the work he is doing today on voter list fraud in the 2016 election and its development today into the Asian American community.which will effect 2018 and 2020 elections in the US.

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SnapWriter

Essential reading for everyone - especially those who care about the truth.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 28, 2015

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Have the illusion of free press shattered for ever, as you learn the truth about the system which purports to inform us - "fair and balanced"!

Should be taught in schools.

vizer

There is always a price to pay for speaking the truth

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2015

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I encourage these investigative journalistsand researchers in this book for their stand. There is nothing hidden that should not be exposed. Keep up the good work

adam closs

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2015

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David

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2015

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Long live free speech. death to Murdoch. bush and Blair.

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