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An eye-opening case study of the news at war, introducing a critical perspective on our mass mediaThe Pen and the Sword is the only comprehensive examination of how the media have covered the 21st Century’s #1 news story: terrorism and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This is the full story—from 9/11 to the Obama doctrine, and including:The increasing importance of entertainment media and soft news in shaping our views.
Aftermath: What Rough Beast, its Hour Come Round at Last …
Aftermath: What Rough Beast, its Hour Come Round at Last …
This chapter tells the story of how the press has covered the war in Iraq since the “Mission Accomplished” moment. We begin one year after that moment of triumph, with the war hip-deep in tragedy. By the spring of 2004, over 500 Americans and tens of thousands of Iraqis—many of them civilians—have been killed in the war.
And then the photos of Abu Ghraib appeared. When they did, a struggle began over who would write the caption for these pictures: Would it be the White House, for whom the caption was, “Disgraceful conduct by a few American troops, who disregarded our values”? Or would our ...
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