Contents
Contents
Introduction
Part 1 The Media War 1. A great betrayal
2. The lies of old
3. The case for civil disobedience
4. Crime against humanity
5. The unthinkable is becoming normal
Part 2 Propaganda Wars 6. War is sell
7. Brainscrubbing: the failures of US public diplomacy after 9/ 11
8. Misreporting war has a long history
9. Psychological warfare against the public: Iraq and beyond
10. The propaganda machine
11. History or bunkum?
12. Spies and lies
13. No blood for oil?
Part 3 Misreporting War 14. The minute it's made up, you'll hear about it
15. Reporting the war on British television
9/ 11, spectacles of terror, and media manipulation
17. Look, I'm an American
18. Let the atrocious images haunt us
19. Normalising godfatherly aggression
20. Little Ali and other rescued children
21. Watchdogs or lapdogs? Media, politics and regulation: the US experience
22. The BBC: a personal account
23. Mass deception: how the media helped the government deceive the people
24. Covering the Middle East
25. Why the BBC ducks the Palestinian story
26. Black holes of history: public understanding and the shaping of our past
Part 4 Alternatives 27. Al Jazeera's war
28. Target the media
29. Turning my back on the mainstream
30. Inside the system: anti- war activism in the media
31. Disruptive technology: Iraq and the internet
32. The anti- war movement
Notes on contributors