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Simpson, John

 
9780330435635: Unreliable Sources: How the Twentieth Century was Reported
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0330435639 ISBN 13 : 9780330435635
Editeur : Pan Non-Fiction, 2011

Synopsis

'Informative, amusing, sometimes shocking' – Giles Foden, The Guardian

A critical examination of the British press over the last century, from legendary foreign correspondent John Simpson.

Through many decades of groundbreaking journalism across the globe, John Simpson has become one of the most recognisable and trusted British reporters. In Unreliable Sources, he draws upon this extensive experience to trace the history of the press in the UK, and explore the complex relationship between the media and the events they report.

He shows how, while the press likes to pretend it's independent, it also enjoys wielding its power and has at times exercised it irresponsibly. He examines the relationship between British society and the media, from the Daily Mail's influence on anti-German sentiment leading up to the First World War to the Sun's propping up of the Thatcher government and beyond.

In this self-analysis from one of the pillars of modern journalism some searching questions are asked, including whether the press can ever be truly free and whether we would desire it to be so.

Authoritative, brilliantly readable and not shying away from controversy, Unreliable Sources is a fascinating piece of self-analysis from one of the pillars of modern journalism. Can the press ever be truly free and would we want it to be?

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À propos de l'auteur

John Simpson is the BBC's World Affairs Editor. He has twice been the Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year and won countless other major television awards. He has written several books, including four volumes of autobiography, Strange Places, Questionable People, A Mad World, My Masters, News from No Man's Land and Not Quite World's End and a childhood memoir, Days from a Different World. He is also the author of The Wars Against Saddam, Twenty Tales from the War Zone and Unreliable Sources, as well as several novels. He lives in London with his South African wife, Dee, and their son, Rafe.

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Éditeur
Pan Non-Fiction
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0330435639
ISBN 13 
9780330435635
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
625
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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