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Into the buzzsaw : leading journalists expose the myth of a free press / edited by Kristina Borjesson ; [foreword, Gore Vidal].

Contributor(s): Publication details: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004.Edition: Rev. and expandedDescription: 462 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 1591022304 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN4738 .I58 2004
Contents:
The patriot and the censor's necklace : an interview with BBC culture correspondent Madeleine Holt / Dan Rather -- The memo / Charles Reina -- A shot messenger's observations / Ashleigh Banfield -- The war on terror and the great game for oil : how the media missed the context / Charlotte Dennett -- The price of liberty / Gerard Colby -- Crimes and silence : the CIA's criminal acts and the media's silence / John Kelly -- The mighty Wurlitzer plays on / Gary Webb -- Mainstream media : the drug war's shills / Michael Levine -- The silence of the lambs : an American in journalistic exile / Greg Palast -- The fox, the hounds, and the sacred cows / Jane Akre -- The story no one wanted to hear / J. Robert Port -- Verdict first, evidence later : the case for Bobby Garwood / Monika Jensen-Stevenson -- Into the buzzsaw / Kristina Borjesson -- Coal mine canaries / David E. Hendrix -- When black becomes white / Philip Weiss -- Stories we love, stories we hate / Helen Malmgren -- Shouting at the crocodile / Maurice Murad -- What happened to good old-fashioned muckraking? / Carl Jensen -- The rise and fall of professional journalism / Robert McChesney.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The patriot and the censor's necklace : an interview with BBC culture correspondent Madeleine Holt / Dan Rather -- The memo / Charles Reina -- A shot messenger's observations / Ashleigh Banfield -- The war on terror and the great game for oil : how the media missed the context / Charlotte Dennett -- The price of liberty / Gerard Colby -- Crimes and silence : the CIA's criminal acts and the media's silence / John Kelly -- The mighty Wurlitzer plays on / Gary Webb -- Mainstream media : the drug war's shills / Michael Levine -- The silence of the lambs : an American in journalistic exile / Greg Palast -- The fox, the hounds, and the sacred cows / Jane Akre -- The story no one wanted to hear / J. Robert Port -- Verdict first, evidence later : the case for Bobby Garwood / Monika Jensen-Stevenson -- Into the buzzsaw / Kristina Borjesson -- Coal mine canaries / David E. Hendrix -- When black becomes white / Philip Weiss -- Stories we love, stories we hate / Helen Malmgren -- Shouting at the crocodile / Maurice Murad -- What happened to good old-fashioned muckraking? / Carl Jensen -- The rise and fall of professional journalism / Robert McChesney.

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