The kingmakers
Subtitle: how the media threatens our security and our democracy
By: Mike Gravel and David Eisenbach.
Contributors: Eisenbach, David.
Publisher: Phoenix Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Beverly Hills, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781597775861
Subjects: Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States.; Journalism -- Political aspects -- United States.; Press and politics -- United States.; Democracy -- United States.
Description: Argues that the media's failure to present the public with an accurate view of the world poses a greater threat to American lives than terrorism.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: The real 9/11 cover-up; value: War drums pounding in the echo chamber; value: Lipstick on a pig: the Iraq War coverage; value: Ahmadinejad: America's next top boogeyman; value: The "likeability" election; value: Maverick in the echo chamber; value: America's wise fools.