In our March 2018 essay “History as Propaganda” we discussed how almost everything we know about the past has been reconstructed to inform the present. It is what we want to believe in and this may, or may not, be … Continue reading
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The British Broadcasting Corporation came into life in October 1922 at the same time as a young Eric Blair [George Orwell] departed for Burma to join the imperial Police Force. That same year Benito Mussolini took power in his infamous “March … Continue reading
What happens if America’s brightest dissident philosopher of the left gets to write for the newspapers? In “Interventions” [Penguin 2007 ISBN: 978-0-141-03180-4, review copy 2008 “updated & expanded edition] Noam Chomsky gets his chance to reach out through pages of daily newspapers by … Continue reading
ISBN 978 0 7453 2893 5. “Newspeak in the 21st Century” by David Edwards and David Cromwell was published by Pluto Press in 2009. This is one of three books from the writing team behind Media Lens. [We have previously … Continue reading
ISBN 978-0-7453-2482-1 “The Guardians of Power – The Myth of the Liberal Media” by David Edwards and David Cromwell (of Media Lens) published by Pluto Press in 2006. This paperback version contains 241 pages including a Foreword by John Pilger, … Continue reading
ISBN 9780099512684. “Flat Earth News” was published by Chatto & Windus in 2008 (this impression by Vintage in 2009). Nick Davies’ book is a mighty 420 pages long with the index but excluding the Prologue. This work should be read … Continue reading