Los guardianes del poder. El mito de la prensa progresista

“Komunikabideei buruzko azterketa kritikoa sekula ez da izan horren garrantzitsua, haien hutsune erabakigarriak betetzeko eta sortzen duten itxuraldatzea zuzentzeko bidean. Lan hau zerbitzu publiko izugarria da, zeregin hori energiaz, argitasunez eta arretaz egin baitu”.
Noam Chomsky


Can a corporate media system be expected to tell the truth about a world dominated by corporations? Can newspapers, including the 'liberal' ones, tell the truth about climate change and about the exploitation of the working class, when they are themselves profit-oriented businesses dependent on advertisers? The pages of this book, full of interviews and correspondence with many information professionals, complete an essential reading for anyone interested in studying in depth the incompetence of the media supposedly "liberal" when reporting on what really happens in the world.
This paper calls journalists into account for their distorted information about Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Haiti, East Timor, Western crimes in Central America, and so on. Their surprising and often outrageous responses reveal arrogance, an immense lack of accountability and an excessive servility to power.

“It is the most important book about journalism I can remember.”
John Pilger

"Regular critical analysis of the media, filling crucial gaps and correcting the distortions of ideological prisms, has never been more important. Media Lens has performed a major public service by carrying out this task with energy, insight, and care."
Noam Chomsky

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