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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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- Print length462 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPrometheus
- Publication dateOctober 1, 2004
- Dimensions6.09 x 0.92 x 9.03 inches
- ISBN-101591022304
- ISBN-13978-1591022305
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—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
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,302,117 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,259 in General Constitutional Law
- #1,440 in Terrorism (Books)
- #1,637 in Journalism Writing Reference (Books)
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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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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.
very annoying that Amazon sells many titles for Kindle, only to find out that they either won't download to the kindle (but maybe the computer app) or they are not readable with voice view.
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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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