Unreliable Sources: How the Twentieth Century was Reported - Brossura

Simpson, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0330435639 ISBN 13: 9780330435635

Casa editrice: Pan Non-Fiction, 2011

Riassunto

'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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Descrizione del libro

One of the greatest reporters of his day writes a brilliant and typically opinionated account of how the British press has reported key moments in our history

L'autore

John Simpson is the BBC's World Affairs Editor. He has twice been the Royal Television Society's Journalist of the Year. He has also won three BAFTAs, including the Richard Dimbleby award in 1991 and the News and Current Affairs award in 2000 for his coverage, with the BBC News team, of the Kosovo conflict. He has written four volumes of autobiography, Strange Places, Questionable People, A Mad World, My Masters, News from No Man’s Land and, most recently, Not Quite World's End, a childhood memoir, Days from a Different World and The Wars Against Saddam.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Pan Non-Fiction
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0330435639
• ISBN 13: 9780330435635
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 625
• Contatto del produttore: Messaggerie Libri; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia