WINNER: National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press CriticismLeading journalists from Fox News, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, newspapers, and other outlets-including Dan Rather, Ashleigh Banfield, Robert McChesney, Greg Palast, Pulitzer Prize and Emmy winners, and more-recount the press censorship they experienced in the wake of 9/11 security concerns. With a foreword by Gore Vidal and edited by former CBS and CNN producer Kristina Borjesson, this highly acclaimed anthology has been described as "fascinating and disturbing," "uplifting" and "infuriating," and a "penetrating collection of powerful essays." The original edition won the National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism and was selected by the New York Public Library as one of the most extraordinary titles of 2002.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781591022305
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Publication Date: 10-01-2004
Pages: 462
Product Dimensions: 6.09(w) x 9.03(h) x 0.92(d)
About the Author
Kristina Borjesson is an Emmy and Murrow Award-winning investigative reporter, who has worked for CBS and CNN.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
9
Acknowledgments
13
Editor's Introduction
15
Chapter 1
The Patriot and the Censor's Necklace: An Interview with BBC Culture Correspondent Madeleine Holt
35
Chapter 2
The Memo
43
Chapter 3
A Shot Messenger's Observations
47
Chapter 4
The War on Terror and the Great Game for Oil: How the Media Missed the Context
61
Chapter 5
The Price of Liberty
93
Chapter 6
Crimes and Silence: The CIA's Criminal Acts and the Media's Silence
115
Chapter 7
The Mighty Wurlitzer Plays On
141
Chapter 8
Mainstream Media: The Drug War's Shills
157
Chapter 9
The Silence of the Lambs: An American in Journalistic Exile
195
Chapter 10
The Fox, the Hounds, and the Sacred Cows
207
Chapter 11
The Story No One Wanted to Hear
239
Chapter 12
Verdict First, Evidence Later: The Case for Bobby Garwood