Media Wars: News at a Time of Terror
- ISBN-10
- 0742531090
- ISBN-13
- 9780742531093
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 234
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Danny Schechter
Description
The author critically examines media coverage since September 11th. He analyzes what has been covered and left out in news coverage of the terrorist attacks and their aftermath. The result is a scathing account of how the media has become a megaphone forthe US military ant its war on terror.
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