Tell me lies : propaganda and media distortion in the attack on Iraq / edited by David Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, David, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Mass media and the war.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Propaganda.

Propaganda.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Press coverage.

Press coverage.

Physical Description:

x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Sterling, Va. : Pluto Press, 2004.

Summary:

Did the US and UK governments lie about weapons of mass destruction to promote an attack on Iraq? Did the media hold them to account or act as cheerleaders for war? Tell Me Lies reveals the systematic propaganda used by both the US and UK governments to convince us of the 'threat' from Iraq. It shows how we were deliberately misled into a war that has resulted in a humanitarian disaster in Iraq and threatens to create further instability and resentment of the US and UK throughout the Middle East. Written by some of the world's leading journalists and commentators, Tell Me Lies is a scathing indictment of the role of the mainstream media in legitimising government actions and undermining dissent. Critics, activists and journalists from both sides of the Atlantic explore alternatives such as the internet and al-Jazeera and provide analysis and guidance on resisting the media war.

Contents:

Part 1 The Media War

1 A great betrayal / John Pilger 15

2 The lies of old / John Pilger 18

3 The case for civil disobedience / John Pilger 23

4 Crime against humanity / John Pilger 29

5 The unthinkable is becoming normal / John Pilger 34

Part 2 Propaganda Wars

6 War is sell / Laura Miller, John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton 41

7 Brainscrubbing: the failures of US public diplomacy after 9/11 / Nancy Snow 52

8 Misreporting war has a long history / Des Freedman 63

9 Psychological warfare against the public: Iraq and beyond / Mark Curtis 70

10 The propaganda machine / David Miller 80

11 History or bunkum? / Phillip Knightley 100

12 Spies and lies / Stephen Dorril 108

13 No blood for oil? / Andy Rowell 115

Part 3 Misreporting War

14 The minute it's made up, you'll hear about it / Mark Steel 129

15 Reporting the war on British television / Justin Lewis, Rod Brookes 132

16 9/11, spectacles of terror, and media manipulation / Douglas Kellner 144

17 "Look, I'm an American" / Norman Solomon 157

18 "Let the atrocious images haunt us" / Julian Petley 164

19 Normalising godfatherly aggression / Edward Herman 176

20 Little Ali and other rescued children / Patricia Holland 185

21 Watchdogs or lapdogs? Media, politics and regulation: the US experience / Granville Williams 195

22 The BBC: a personal account / Abdul Hadi Jiad 204

23 Mass deception: how the media helped the government deceive the people / David Edwards, David Cromwell 210

24 Covering the Middle East / An interview with Robert Fisk 215

25 Why the BBC ducks the Palestinian story / Tim Llewellyn 222

26 Black holes of history: public understanding and the shaping of our past / Greg Philo, Maureen Gilmour 232

Part 4 Alternatives

27 Al Jazeera's war / Faisal Bodi 243

28 Target the media / Tim Gopsill 251

29 Turning my back on the mainstream / Yvonne Ridley 262

30 Inside the system: anti-war activism in the media / David Crouch 269

31 Disruptive technology: Iraq and the internet / Alistair Alexander 277

32 The anti-war movement / An interview with Noam Chomsky 286.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0745322018

OCLC:

52879379