The record of the paper : how the New York Times misreports US foreign policy / Howard Friel and Richard Falk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friel, Howard, 1955-

Contributor:

Falk, Richard A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New York times.

United States--Foreign relations--2001-2009.

United States.

International relations.

Newspapers--Objectivity.

Newspapers.

Iraq War, 2003-2011--Press coverage--United States.

Iraq War, 2003-2011.

Physical Description:

x, 304 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Verso, 2004.

Summary:

In this meticulously researched study--the first part of a two-volume work--Friel and Falk demonstrate their assertion that the "New York Times" has consistently, over the last 50 years, misreported the facts related to the wars waged by the United States.

Contents:

Without facts or law : the US invades Iraq

The liberal hawks on Iraq : a pretense of sophistication

Editorial policy and Iraq : a Fortune-500 company positions its product

A crime against peace : Iraq and the Nuremberg precedent

The torture overture : human rights, Harvard, and Iraq

Interventionism and due diligence : overthrowing Venezuela's president

A dodgy dissent : Nicaragua v. United States at the world court

The Vietnam syndrome : from the Gulf of Tonkin to Iraq.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-292) and index.

ISBN:

1844670198

OCLC:

56111711