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Propaganda Blitz: How the Corporate Media Distort Reality Paperback – November 15, 2018

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Do you trust the liberal media? While the tabloid and right-wing press - the Sun, The Times, the Mail and the Express - are constantly criticised for dangerous bias, outlets like the BBC and the Guardian are trusted by their readers to report in the interests of the public. However, the reality is that all corporate media is systematically filtered by the powerful interests that own, manage and fund it.

Propaganda Blitz shows that the corporate media does not just 'spin' the news - it fundamentally distorts everything it touches, hiding the real issues from public view, and often completely reversing the truth. This book uncovers a storm of top-down campaigns behind war reporting from Iraq, Syria and Palestine, as well as the destruction of the credibility of figures on the left, including Jeremy Corbyn and Hugo Chavez.

Exposing propagandists at the top levels of the BBC, as well as their reporting on the Scottish independence referendum, the dismantling of the NHS and looming climate chaos, Propaganda Blitz explains the real meaning of 'objective' journalism, exposes the fake news about 'fake news' and outlines a model for anti-business media activism.

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November 15, 2018
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“To devastating effect, Propaganda Blitz compiles the evidence that the ‘mainstream media’ betrays us, its readers, not just because most of it is owned by right-wing billionaires but because even ‘liberal’ oases are not what they seem. ... As Propaganda Blitz proves, the liberal media is our enemy, not our ally.” -- Jonathan Cook, winner of the 2011 Martha Gellhorn Special Prize for Journalism

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'A great book. I've been recommending it.'

'To devastating effect, Media Lens compiles the evidence that the 'mainstream media' betrays us, its readers, not just because most of it is owned by rightwing billionaires but because even 'liberal' oases are not what they seem. ... As Media Lens proves, the liberal media is our enemy, not our ally.'

'Exposing and challenging how the corporate media promote elite interests is one of the most significant issues of our time, without which fundamental change may not be possible. This essential, must-read book dissects this system of mass thought control in a forensic, authoritative and engaging way'

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pluto Press (November 15, 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0745338119
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0745338118
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 1.1 x 7.75 inches

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Book gives you the TRUTH about the MEDIA

Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2020

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How many places around this planet where you can get the STRAIGHT ACTUAL TRUTH?
This book should get a Nobel Peace Prize as well as a Purlitzer Prize. What they present gives you a clue as to what is going on and why it's going on. Not since Sharon Beder has there been authors so much in-the-know with actual truth one can use to truly understand what's happening. So once reading, the question becomes, what are WE going to do about it?

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Common55

A must read!

Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2021

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If you are interested in UK politics then this really exposes how the Establishment media control the political narrative, and how they can destroy a politician by smears, innuendo and outright lies.

A must read!

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Samuel

Enjoyable in many ways

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2020

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I loved it! So did my dog, I guess.

I only made it through the first 4 chapters, but what I read was very detailed and thorough!

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Eigil Møller

Brilliant debunking of propaganda

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2018

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A critical look at the billionaire- and NATO-ruled propaganda media, peddling war and austerity 24-7. This book helps to dismantle the rulers and their lies. Indispensable.

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Why no ebook? Or audiobook?

Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2018

This sounds worth reading. Where's the ebook or audiobook?

My rating is just based on how interesting it sounds. If I ever get to read the ebook or audiobook, I'll try to remember to come back to give a final rating and comments on the content.

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Julia Williams

One of the most important books of the decade, should be required in every journalism course

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2018

If you want a thorough look at the machinations of major media, this is the tome for you. This book manages to scrape away the veneer of "unbiased journalism", and with surgical precision dissects the who, what, when, why, and how, of media manipulation. Chock full of documentation and examples, it is still a galloping read, easy to follow and understand. Terrific book for any age, a must-have on any thinking person's shelf.

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Peels away the mask of commercial journalism

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 28, 2018

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This crisply written and superbly documented book offers a radical critique of the news journalism of the British (and occasionally American) press and the BBC. Its basic argument is that this journalism is not in any way neutral, objective or comprehensive but is rather saturated in language and values which reflect the highly selective corporate interests of these bodies. Readers, viewers and listeners are thereby subjected to a view of the world which is false, anti-democratic and inhumane.
The media, the book argues, are ‘global systems designed and evolved to highlight a certain type of news to impose a certain kind of view’. Far from being pluralistic the commercial media suppresses alternative perspectives, reproducing a narrow vision of the world which echoes the agenda of powerful elites. Corporate journalists are exposed as possessing a herd mentality - craven in their deference to power but fearlessly hostile to ‘official’ enemies.
The authors make their case by citing numerous examples drawn from the work of contemporary journalists, offering a snapshot of media bias and distortion over recent years.
They focus particularly on what they define as a ‘propaganda blitz’ in which the corporate media collectively identifies an ‘enemy’ and produces ‘evidence’ which demands immediate action. This can range from the collective ridicule of individuals (from the comedian Russell Brand to the politician Jeremy Corbyn) to emotional appeals for military intervention in foreign states.
About half of the focus of the book is on foreign policy matters (mainly Israel, Libya, Syria and Yemen), and the other half is on issues of British domestic politics (particularly Jeremy Corbyn, the National Health Service and Scottish independence).
This book is particularly valuable as a record of all those moments in recent years where the façade of media objectivity cracked open to reveal what lay beneath. For example, there was the moment in 2016 when Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was heckled by a man who was filmed shouting that he was failing traditional Labour voters. The incident was treated as a national television news story and made the front pages of the national press. In fact the whole incident was staged by a public relations professional employed by an agency.
A particularly illuminating chapter concerns the BBC’s downplaying of the privatisation of the National Health Service. The authors point out the links between BBC bosses and private healthcare companies and the fact that hundreds of senior BBC employees, including journalists, enjoy lavishly subsidised private health care. In short: ‘Ther BBC habitually protects power, not least the state’.
They conclude by observing how what is surely the biggest single issue of our time - climate change - is marginalised in news coverage, along with the urgent radical action needed to apply the brakes. Commercial media are in thrall to advertising revenue but advertising itself promotes consumption and lifestyles which suggest that ‘nothing is terribly wrong, and much right, with the way we are living.’
The book concludes by critically scrutinising the term ‘fake news’ and the uses to which it is put, along with the power of social media and current attempts to restrict access to the radical wing of internet commentary.
The problem with today’s journalism is perfectly summed up by the remark of a senior BBC correspondent, who defines his job as being limited to reporting ‘what those in power are doing or thinking’.
This is a very meaty and thought-provoking book, packed with interesting quotations, examples and arguments.

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A challenge to hegemony

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2022

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This is good follow up to Herman and Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent and chapter by chapter Conway and Oreskes' Merchants of Doubt

john

Credulous Authors

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2020

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I like the book, but I found the authors to be somewhat credulous.

Their simpering gratitude expressed to John Pilger for endorsing their efforts spoke volumes. Seeking the approval from others for your work, if serious, is unnecessary.

What I find concerning is the idea that mainstream media is bad and alternative media is good. I would certainly agree that, for example, the public is deceived by the mainstream over Syria, but then so would Peter Hitchens who writes for a mainstream media publication, the Mail on Sunday. Tucker Carlson, a high profile journalist in the United States regularly has alternative media guests to discuss issues. He often agrees with them.

Also, on the climate change debate. Not everyone in the alternative media is united on this issue. I have seen people on a blog smeared as paid employees of fossil fuel companies for expressing doubts about climate change. It's not an issue that the mainstream is necessarily lying about.

And the toe curling credulity of the authors over the issue of Scottish independence. Professional activists themselves have an agenda. And Scottish nationalists have a clear political agenda that they wish to promote. Naturally they claim mainstream media bias when they lose!

So overall, a thumbs up for their attempt to highlight an important issue, but please, don't give everyone that criticises the mainstream a free pass!

3 people found this helpful

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Machinations of the Powers that Be

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 7, 2019

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"How fortunate for rulers that men don't think" - Adolf Hitler. And there's the problem. The survival of the powers that be depends upon the ignorance of the populace, and there are no signs of improvement that I can see. I don't claim to be smart just inquisitive about the machinations of the powerful, and have joined a clique of nutters who read books like this. The Davids have done a canny job of pointing out some of the ways in which your thoughts are being manipulated, and I commend their efforts. If I can convince just one person to buy their book then I feel I've contributed to the cause. Buy it, read it and write a positive review. 5 stars

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the truth about mainstream media and how to avoid this propaganda

Reviewed in Canada on November 8, 2018

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thank you media lens and to david edwards and cromwell for this book that i've been waiting for, that illustrates just how we are all totally duped by the insidiously clever and slow brainwashing that the bbc/guardian/main stream media inflict on an unaware public on a daily basis, and how the media interpret with intent the real facts and bends them to favour the corporations that rule our lives without us realising it.
if you dont believe me read this book

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