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Regular critical analysis of the media, filling crucial gaps and correcting the distortions of ideological prisms, has never been more important. Media Lens has performed a major public service by carrying out this task with energy, insight, and care. (Noam Chomsky )
I really cannot do justice to this superb, devastating book ... It is not merely excellent, it is outstanding. Buy it. Read it. Use it. (Morning Star Online )
Bias can enter the news gathering system at many junctions. Edwards and Cromwell rightly point to the capitalist structures of the corporations that now own the satellites and instruct and direct the crews to various locations which interest them as corporations, and also as competitors, where being first to break the news or , say, report an exclusive story, really matters to them. The development of Media Lens may permit it soon to have the power to act as an alternative source and a correcting influence on the gross distortions in the news we receive at present. (Henry McCubbin, The Spokesman )
I really cannot do justice to this superb, devastating book ... It is not merely excellent, it is outstanding. Buy it. Read it. Use it. (Morning Star Online )
Bias can enter the news gathering system at many junctions. Edwards and Cromwell rightly point to the capitalist structures of the corporations that now own the satellites and instruct and direct the crews to various locations which interest them as corporations, and also as competitors, where being first to break the news or , say, report an exclusive story, really matters to them. The development of Media Lens may permit it soon to have the power to act as an alternative source and a correcting influence on the gross distortions in the news we receive at present. (Henry McCubbin, The Spokesman )
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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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This book is an excellent expose of the pressures put on the media of our 'free' society to conform to an agenda and set of assumptions which pose no threat to the ruling class.Indeed it is probably the best and the clearest example of this subject area- at least as good as Chomsky and Herman's 'Manufacturing Consent'.The final chapters are a bit of a let-down, but the section on maslakh refugee camp and it's non-coverage by the 'mainstream' media is worth the price of the book alone.Great stuff.Works like these, exposing the revenue pressure on the media to submit and conform to the assumptions of their advertisers,are vital to understanding the reality of our society: free and fair debate within consensual boundaries which can only be described as totalitarian.
29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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READ THIS BOOK!!! What a fabulous, and scary, read. If like myself, you have turned to the Guardian or Independant for a better picture of world events - you will be amazed at some of the evidence brought up in this book. Now, I am not an intellectual but found this really easy to read (and rivetting, couldn't put it down). I found the references given in the text were much more useful than trawling through the back of the book for them and overall can say this publication offers a succinct and straight talking approach to a subject most of us wish wasn't happening. All trainee journos should read as part of their training! It won't disappoint, essential reading.
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I finished reading this book at 3.30am last night and have thought about nothing else all day. It is a seminal read; one of those books, which changes the way you look at the world, and your role within it. I have been a subscriber to the New Internationalist magazine for many years, joined the Green Party in 1991, support all sorts of NGOs working with development and environmental issues, but have been only sporadically active. Over the years I have learnt to view the world differently, but have been frustrated to find that the media -and my family and some friends -regard people motivated by compassion for others of different races in faraway countries with friendly bafflement. As the New Internationalist advert says: they don't get it. This book explains that these people have been conditioned by a state and corporate media system which serves state and corporate interests, not ours, and certainly not the interests of people on the ends of our 'benevolent' bombs or sanctions in Afghanistan, Iraq or Kosovo. Newspaper readership is weakening as people turn to bloggers and organisations like Media Lens, who help us think about the framing of news stories in a rational, critical and compassionate manner. The crimes of our society against the Iraqi people (the genocidal sanctions, the illegal bombings, the illegal war) are examined under the microscope. It means that you will never watch Andrew Marr, Jon Snow or read David Aaranovitch again with the same complacent feeling that they are on your side. Monbiot's The Age of Consent, the film The Corporation and now this book have made me finally reach my 'tipping point'. Passive interest is turning into activism. I recommend that you get your library or school to get a copy, or that as soon as you have finished reading it, that you should pass it on to as many friends as possible. This book's polemic would be sure to get any Book club fizzing and will ignite people's interest in turning off the telly, hooking up to the internet and reading books, which are truly unputdownable because they expose the truth about our world.
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Not what I was expecting!
I bought this book as a present for my husband as he often talks about how disgusting it is that the media has been taken over by big corporations and how you can't believe... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Francisca
Life-changing.
If you thought the western media is fair and free and critical, think again. If you are looking for the spirit of Orwell in our times, look no further. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Prinz Eugen
Squeegie your third eye
Excellent book, wakes you up to the extent that the media is controlled by the vested interests and status quo. Read more
Published 22 months ago by matt
A must read
Are you aware of how much you're being manipulated? It's scary! This book will help you to see through the propaganda.
Published on 20 Jan 2010 by Frank Spence
Still manufacturing consent?
Authors David Edwards and David Cromwell (founders of self-appointed media watchdog []) have written a British interpretation and updating of Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky's... Read more
Published on 2 Dec 2008 by Mr. Tristan Martin
WARNING: YOUR VIEW OF THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS LIKELY TO CHANGE!
The basic premise of this work is the idea that the mainstream media to which most of us turn to for our daily intake of news and information is in fact filtered by the elite and... Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2007 by Abu Hayyan
Useful study of the media
David Edwards and David Cromwell founded Media Lens (www.medialens.org), a website which challenges the views given us by the corporate media. Read more
Published on 31 May 2006 by William Podmore
A wake up call
This book is a fantastic read. It is brilliantly researched and is written in a simple but thorough, measured but powerful and focused but unbiased way. Read more
Published on 9 Mar 2006
Have your bubble burst
For those who understand Chomsky and Herman's propaganda model this is a very interesting read and adds more weight to their work. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2006 by Chris Newman
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