Tell Me No Lies: Investigative Journalism That Changed the World - Softcover

Pilger, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560257865 ISBN 13: 9781560257868

Publisher: Basic Books, 2005

Synopsis

Prison scandals, terrorism, corporate fraud, election rigging—most likely you have heard something of the sort in the last ten minutes. But what is truth and what is part of the great "washout" of biased reporting? A celebration of lucid investigative reporting, selected by titan of the craft John Pilger, could come at no better moment. Pilger's book travels through contemporary history, from war correspondent Martha Gelhorn's wrenching 1945 account of the liberation of Dachau to Edward R. Murrow's groundbreaking excavation of McCarthyism to recent coverage of the war in Iraq. This homage to brave, often unsettling coverage features a range of great writing, from Seymour Hersh's Vietnam-era muckraking to Eric Schlosser's exposé of the fast-food industry to preeminent theorist Edward Said's writing on Islam and terrorism. Unrepentant in its mission to expose the truth behind the messages that politicians, warmongers, and corporate-run media inculcate, Tell Me No Lies is essential for anyone who wants to understand the world around them objectively and intelligently. It's not just a collection of high-quality reporting, but a call-to-arms to all who believe in honesty and justice for humanity.

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Review:

"'Genuine objective journalism not only gets the facts right, it gets the meaning of events right. It is compelling not only today, but stands the test of time. It is validated not only by 'reliable sources' but by the unfolding of history. It is journalism that ten, twenty, fifty years after the fact still holds up a true and intelligent mirror to events.' T. D. Allman, Journalist"

From the Publisher:

An incisive anthology of investigative journalism, edited and introduced by the bestselling reporter and film-maker John Pilger

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1560257865
• ISBN 13: 9781560257868
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 656
• Editor: Pilger John