The Terrorism Research Center ::

The Terrorism Research Center ::

Media Wars: News at a Time of Terror Category : Terrorism Bookshelf Author : Danny Schechter, Roland Schatz, Walter Cronkite ISBN : 0742531090
Description : (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2003), 234 pages; hardcover (list price: $70.00); softcover (list price: $22.95). Danny Schechter is a television news professional, whose career has included on-air reporting at Boston's WGBH, and serving as CNN producer, as well as producer for ABC's 20/20. He is currently the executive producer and co-founder of the television and film production company Globalvision and editor of Mediachannel.org. Schechter resides in New York and his writings have appeared in leading newspapers and magazines. "Media Wars" is his fifth book. "Media Wars" examines media coverage of the terrorist threat against the United States and other countries since 9/11. Schechter analyzes the actual news coverage and what he believes has been left out, from the reporting of more than 1,000 worldwide radio, newspaper, television, and internet affiliates. His conclusion, that the media has become a "megaphone for the U.S. military and its war on terror" may be questioned, but his analysis is provocative and interesting. He also proposes changes to improve news coverage, which he believes needs to become more independent. The book includes commentaries about media coverage by various journalists.
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