Tell Me Lies: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq

Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 10
Part I: The Media War......Page 22
1. A great betrayal......Page 24
2. The lies of old......Page 27
3. The case for civil disobedience......Page 32
4. Crime against humanity......Page 38
5. The unthinkable is becoming normal......Page 43
Part II: Propaganda Wars......Page 48
6. War is sell......Page 50
7. Brainscrubbing: the failures of US public diplomacy after 9/ 11......Page 61
8. Misreporting war has a long history......Page 72
9. Psychological warfare against the public: Iraq and beyond......Page 79
10. The propaganda machine......Page 89
11. History or bunkum?......Page 109
12. Spies and lies......Page 117
13. No blood for oil?......Page 124
Part III: Misreporting War......Page 136
14. The minute it's made up, you'll hear about it......Page 138
15. Reporting the war on British television......Page 141
16. 9/ 11, spectacles of terror, and media manipulation......Page 153
17. Look, I'm an American......Page 166
18. Let the atrocious images haunt us......Page 173
19. Normalising godfatherly aggression......Page 185
20. Little Ali and other rescued children......Page 194
21. Watchdogs or lapdogs? Media, politics and regulation: the US experience......Page 204
22. The BBC: a personal account......Page 213
23. Mass deception: how the media helped the government deceive the people......Page 219
24. Covering the Middle East......Page 224
25. Why the BBC ducks the Palestinian story......Page 231
26. Black holes of history: public understanding and the shaping of our past......Page 241
Part IV: Alternatives......Page 250
27. Al Jazeera's war......Page 252
28. Target the media......Page 260
29. Turning my back on the mainstream......Page 271
30. Inside the system: anti- war activism in the media......Page 278
31. Disruptive technology: Iraq and the internet......Page 286
32. The anti- war movement......Page 295
Notes on contributors......Page 302
Index......Page 307