When news lies
Subtitle: media complicity and the Iraq War
By: Danny Schechter ; featuring the DVD and script of the film WMD (Weapons of mass deception)
Publisher: SelectBooks
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Iraq War, 2003- -- Mass media and the war; Mass media -- Political aspects; Journalism -- Political aspects
Description: "When News Lies is an inside story of the media war behind the Iraq War, the American government's efforts to manipulate war coverage by playing on the media's own timidity and reluctance to do its job- report the news to the public. Veteran author, video journalist, and media critic Danny Schechter ("the News Dissector") takes us on a sometimes frightening, sometimes humorous journey behind the scenes of the media machine that sold us an invasion and rallied the public to support it." "This innovative and timely book includes the script and full length DVD of Schechter's award-winning and controversial documentary, "WMD" (Weapons of Mass Deception). Book jacket."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: Preface; title: Prologue; title: Introduction; title: Challenging the mainstream; title: Media on trial; title: Media cover-ups and complicity; title: The media is the issue; title: Making of the film WMD; title: Epilogue; title: Biography.