The latest casualty: Phillip Knightley and media failure

Authors: Matthews, L.

Editors: Robie, D.

Journal: Pacific Journalism Review

Volume: 9

Issue: 1

Pages: 22-25

Publisher: Pacific Media Centre, AUT University

Abstract:

Commentary: He covers the coverage of wars and the fine borderline that journalists might cross to become propaganda merchants: World War II, Vietnam, The Gulf, Kosovo, to name a few, and now the ‘War on Terror’. And the performance so far of the news media in this latest one has left Phillip Knightley, author of The First Casualty, underwhelmed: civil rights down the drain, public debate and dissent stifled, the news media hardly batting an eyelid. ‘Well, the press in Britain, Australia, and probably New Zealand, did a better job than their American counterparts,’ he sighs, ‘but that’s not saying much.’

Source: Manual

The latest casualty: Phillip Knightley and media failure

Authors: Matthews, L.

Editors: Robie, D.

Journal: Pacific Journalism Review

Volume: 9

Issue: 1

Pages: 22-25

Publisher: Pacific Media Centre, AUT University

Abstract:

Commentary: He covers the coverage of wars and the fine borderline that journalists might cross to become propaganda merchants: World War II, Vietnam, The Gulf, Kosovo, to name a few, and now the ‘War on Terror’. And the performance so far of the news media in this latest one has left Phillip Knightley, author of The First Casualty, underwhelmed: civil rights down the drain, public debate and dissent stifled, the news media hardly batting an eyelid. ‘Well, the press in Britain, Australia, and probably New Zealand, did a better job than their American counterparts,’ he sighs, ‘but that’s not saying much.’

Source: Manual

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