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Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the 1991 Gulf War Paperback – May 26, 2004

by John R. MacArthur (Author), Ben H. Bagdikian (Author)
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Now updated with a new preface that examines the current conflict in Iraq, this brilliant work of investigative reporting reveals the government's assault on the constitutional freedoms of the American media during Operation Desert Storm. John R. MacArthur's engaging and provocative account is as essential and alarming today as when the first paperback edition was published ten years ago.
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"A brilliant piece of investigative reporting. . . . "Second Front "ought to be required reading for anyone who cares to observe how democracies can be eroded from within."--"Toronto Globe and Mail"

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John R. MacArthur is President and Publisher of Harper's Magazine and the author of The Selling of "Free Trade": NAFTA, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy (California, 2001). Ben H. Bagdikian is Dean Emeritus of the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley. He is the former assistant managing editor for national news at the Washington Post and is the author of a number of books.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of California Press; First Edition, Updated with a New Preface (May 26, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0520242319
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0520242319
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.08 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.25 inches
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JOHN R. MACARTHUR is the president and publisher of Harper's Magazine. An award-winning journalist, he has previously written for The New York Times, United Press International, The Chicago Sun-Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He is also the author of the acclaimed books You Can't Be President: The Outrageous Barriers to Democracy in America, The Selling of Free Trade: NAFTA, Washington, and the Subversion of American Democracy, and Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War. He lives in New York City.

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Kris Christianson
5.0 out of 5 stars An intriguing look into how we got to "here"
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2020
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Concise and to the point, this book gets right down into it and supports the arguments put forth with great sourcing and often the Media/Government Officials' own voices. If you've ever felt there was something a little off about mainstream news media, this is a great introduction and brief history of how things started going downhill with legitimate reporting after Vietnam and the spin/methods used by the military and government as well as the chasing of profits and entertainment over quality reporting by the media then and still to this day.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Must read
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This book is outstanding. Tells the truth about the media and news relating to war propaganda
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James Levy
4.0 out of 5 stars He saw it coming
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2007
This is a good a useful look at the way news and information were managed in the first Gulf War (1990-91). It skewers the media for being more interested in "access" than in reporting anything remotely like the truth about what was going on. Newspaper editors and TV executives are exposed as men and women looking for "product", stuff they can sell that will go down easy with a population they fear and distrust. Like in 2003, they want a simple story line with a designated "good guy" and a designated "bad guy" and no history or context to confuse the narrative. This book should have been read and absorbed by the media, and would have been if they were interested in performing the criitcal watgchdog role of truth-tellers. Most of them, however, are more interested in not rocking the boat and being stenographers to power.
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Bob Albrecht
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent treatment of undemocratic control of press.
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2004
This book will open your eyes to the real threat that press censorship poses to our democratic nation. You will be amazed at how the the Bush administration was able to control the press and public attitudes towards the first gulf war. It is highly relavent today in light current policies in Iraq.

The premise is that the media needs to be proactive and report news, not just what the government wants us to hear.

For example: Did you know that fourty thousand (40,000!!) Iraqis were buried alive on the first day of the '91 Iraq war? Why wasn't this grizzly fact reported?

No wonder we are not welcomed with open arms by the people of Iraq. Propagandists believe their own lies if they tell them enough.
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