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Breaking News
- Author
- Alan Rusbridger
- Narrator
- Samuel West
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 12 January 2012
- Run Time
- 15 hours 6 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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The President of the United States regularly lies to the public and accuses anyone who criticisms him of being fake. Politicians openly rubbish the views of ‘so called experts’, dissemble and mislead. So how do we hold those in power accountable? Fox News, Breitbart Media and the Murdoch papers peddle views not news, pushing politically-motivated agendas. So, where can we look for reliable, verifiable sources of news and information? What does it mean for democracy? And what will the future hold?
Reflecting on his twenty years as editor of the Guardian and his experience of breaking some of the most significant news stories of our time, including the Edward Snowden revelations, phone-hacking, wikileaks and the Keep in the Ground campaign, Rusbridger answers these questions and offers a stirring defence of why quality journalism matters now more than ever.
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Details
- Author
- Alan Rusbridger
- Narrator
- Samuel West
- Duration
- 15 hours 6 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 January 2012
- ISBN
- 9781786893673
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Media studies: journalism, Political structures / systems: democracy, News media and journalism
Synopsis
We are living through the greatest communication revolution since Gutenberg. In Breaking News Alan Rusbridger offers an open, personal and agenda-setting account of how we arrived at the news world of today.The President of the United States regularly lies to the public and accuses anyone who criticisms him of being fake. Politicians openly rubbish the views of ‘so called experts’, dissemble and mislead. So how do we hold those in power accountable? Fox News, Breitbart Media and the Murdoch papers peddle views not news, pushing politically-motivated agendas. So, where can we look for reliable, verifiable sources of news and information? What does it mean for democracy? And what will the future hold? Reflecting on his twenty years as editor of the Guardian and his experience of breaking some of the most significant news stories of our time, including the Edward Snowden revelations, phone-hacking, wikileaks and the Keep in the Ground campaign, Rusbridger answers these questions and offers a stirring defence of why quality journalism matters now more than ever.
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