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Through many decades of groundbreaking journalism, John Simpson has become not only one of the most recognisable and trusted British personalities, but has transferred his skill to books with multiple bestselling success. With his new book he turns his eye to how Great Britain has been transformed by its free press down the years. He shows how, while the press likes to pretend it's independent, they have enjoyed the power they have over the events they report and have at times exercised it irresponsibly. He examines how it changed the world and changed itself over the course of the last hundred years, from the creation of the Daily Mail and the first stokings of anti-German sentiment in the years leading up to the First World War, to the Sun's propping up of the Thatcher government, and beyond. In this self-analysis from one of the pillars of modern journalism some searching questions are asked, including whether the press can ever be truly free and whether we would desire it to be so. Always incisive, brilliantly readable and never shy of controversy, Unreliable Sources sees John Simpson at the height of his game as one of Britain's foremost commentators.Product Identifiers
PublisherPan Macmillan
ISBN-139781405050050
eBay Product ID (ePID)92403450
Product Key Features
Book TitleUnreliable Sources: How the Twentieth Century Was Reported
Number of Pages608 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
TopicMemorials, Business
TypeTextbook
AuthorJohn Simpson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height241 mm
Item Weight1057 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorJohn Simpson