Lies the media tell us / James Winter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winter, James P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and public opinion.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media criticism.

Physical Description:

xvi, 293 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; New York : Black Rose Books, [2007]

Summary:

Understanding how media shape our thinking about social issues, and believing that our limited direct experiences leave us vulnerable to the duplicity and disinformation of the corporate media, James Winter records example after example-from corporate owners, managers, advertisers, and journalists themselves-of the use, misuse, and abuse of information. Detailed case studies include: CanWest Global firing writers and even a publisher; the bias against workers and labour unions; environmentalists portrayed as cult members, or ecozealots (partly because eight of the ten largest corporations in the world are involved in either gas and oil production and sales, or automobile production); Big Pharma and the role of MDs, medical professors, and the media as drug pushers; the news media's role as cheerleaders for Canada's war in Afghanistan and the U.S. war In Iraq; and how corporate globalization combines military and economic invasions, with a devastating account of what really happened in Haiti.

Contents:

Chapter 1 How It Works 1

Chapter 2 Eco-Zealots, Greenwashers And Parasites 60

Chapter 3 Big Pharma 121

Chapter 4 Canada Joins The Imperialists 179

Chapter 5 Global Village, Or Global Pillage? 226.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1551642522

9781551642529

1551642530

9781551642536

OCLC:

56419941