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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 

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Prometheus; Expanded edition (October 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 462 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1591022304
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1591022305
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.38 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.09 x 0.92 x 9.03 inches
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A veteran investigative reporter, media critic and whistleblower, Kristina Borjesson grew up in Port-au-Prince Haiti. Her landmark book, INTO THE BUZZSAW: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press is an anthology of personal essays by distinguished reporters detailing their encounters with censorship. BUZZSAW won the National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism and the Independent Publishers Award and is a New York Public Library "Books to Remember" selection. Borjesson's second book, "FEET TO THE FIRE: The Media After 9/11, Top Journalists Speak Out" also won the Independent Publishers Award. Her third book, "The Reptile Club Librarian" is her first work of fiction.

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