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Flat Earth News: An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media
by: Nick Davies

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780701181451
ISBN: 0701181451
Label: Chatto and Windus
Manufacturer: Chatto and Windus
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: February 07, 2008
Publisher: Chatto and Windus
Studio: Chatto and Windus
Sales Rank: 536

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- Who stole our journalism?
The answer to that question and many others you didn't think you needed to know are all in this fantastic book. It is both illumintaing and at the same time depressing to realise that even the most trusted brands of journalism have become victim, like so much of our media, to the forces of money-making, fast-turnaround and nonsense PR. This book is an startling education for anyone who reads or watches 'news', not just those connected to the industry.

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- Brave Man
Nick Davies must be a brave man... He has launched a devastating attack on not only the state of modern journalism, but also on the basic integrity of many of those involved in the profession. And this from a major paper journalist who must now have made a lot of enemies within his industry.

I'm sure you have noticed how very similar versions of the same stories are posted online by apparently independent and well funded news organisations - especially in America for news outside the US. This book explains why, and how the facts of these clone stories are often unchecked by the trusted organisations putting them into the public domain.

The book also covers the pernicious effects and influence of PR and also, perhaps ... Read More:

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- Generalisations, deletions, distortions
I'm partway through this book. Enjoying it thoroughly. I'm learning a lot from it.

I used to think journalists were lazy and would just publish any rubbish, or government spin they were fed.

I now know that Phil Space is the great journalistic archetype, and that he or she will indeed publish any rubbish sent their way. More usefully I now know why they have to do this, and the pressures of time and resource they are forced to operate under.

The great themes of capitalism- destroy professions, deskill, reduce terms and conditions, demand more for less, pretend it's all getting better, confuse change with progress, display themselves.

Sadly as consumers we do not demand enough of our newspapers ... Read More:

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- Required Reading
I don't think I will ever quite be the same after reading this ground breaking book. Mr Davies has written an entirely original work which is good to read, intellectually rigorous, and meticulously balanced.Like Paul Buchanan of The Blue Nile says 'I guess I stopped believing in the early morning news'. Now I have read Flat Earth News I know why. The most telling aspect, in my opinion is that one learns that journalism, like so many other aspects of modern day working life, has been degraded entirely by the so-called good of unbridled and counter-productive capitalism. Thoroughly recommended.

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- Bloated - got a bit dull
I'm a fan of Nick Davies. Dark Heart was excellent. However, I was disappointed with his latest offering. It just wasn't up to scratch I'm afraid.

The concepts were good and I would say I generally enjoyed the first half of the book. However Davies fell into a trap. He is not alone; many of our best left-wing writers are in there with him. He spent far too much of the book boring his readers about the government's manipulation of the press over the war in Iraq. I found myself skipping pages and pages of examples of this. All true I'm sure - it just didn't add anything for me.

It is not badly written. It is very interesting. It just needs a harsher edit.

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