Month: June 2009

Introduction Sharon Beder, visiting professor at the University of Wollongong, Australia, is one of our favourite political analysts. Her book ‘Global Spin’ (Green Books, 1997), is a devastating exposé of corporate, including corporate media, manipulation →

PRE-ORDER OFFER AND EXTRACT “Not since Orwell and Chomsky has perceived reality been so skilfully revealed in the cause of truth.” (John Pilger on NEWSPEAK) Dear friends, Pluto Press are offering a limited number of →

Dear George, In a recent blog you rightly insist that: ‘Newspapers must stop taking advertising from environmental villains.’ (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/ georgemonbiot/2009/jun/05/climate-change-corporatesocialresponsibility) On July 2, 2007 we wrote to you suggesting a possible first step: “Could newspapers →

How The Media Keep Us Angry, Ignorant And Afraid How much do you know about the increased political tensions on the Korean peninsula? The answer, even for diligent readers of the mainstream press, is likely →