Veronica Guerin - Brossura

O'Reilly, Emily

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099445190 ISBN 13: 9780099445197

Casa editrice: Vintage, 2003

Riassunto

At 1pm on 26 June 1996 the Sunday Independent's crime reporter Veronica Guerin was shot dead by a motorcycle pillion passenger as she waited at traffic lights on the outskirts of Dublin - the victim of her own crusading expos-s of leading criminals. Her death profoundly shocked the country. Both the President and the Taoiseach attended her funeral; tributes were paid to her in parliament, and hundreds of bouquets of flowers were placed in her memory by members of the public. Within a month new anti-crime measures had been introduced and two of the leading murder suspects had fled the country. While Guerin was hailed as a heroine, the finest journalist of her generation, the Sunday Independent was busy denying any culpability in her death, and its officials vigorously refuted accusations that the paper's cult of personality and cynical controversialism put its writers in danger. Emily O'Reilly's book exposes the frightening moral bankruptcy of the media and the devastating consequences of this - for the individual and for society.

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Descrizione del libro:

The extraordinary story of a bold but reckless young journalist, and a forceful exploration of the dubious ethics of modern journalism.

L'autore:

Emily O'Reilly is a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University, she has been Journalist of the Year and Woman Journalist of the Year. She is the author of two books; Candidate: The Truth Behind the Presidential Campaign, and Masterminds of the Right Campaign. Emily O'Reilly lives in Howth, County Dublin, with her husband Stephen Ryan and their four children.

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• Editore: Vintage
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0099445190
• ISBN 13: 9780099445197
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208