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War and the death of news : reflections of a grade B reporter / Martin Bell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, England : Oneworld, 2017Description: 295 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781786071088
  • 1786071088
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN5123.B45 A3 2017
Contents:
Once a soldier -- Geunyeli -- Undertones of war -- Lessons of Vietnam -- Victor's justice -- The something must be done club -- The violent screen -- Never wrong for long -- The age of the embed -- The language of war -- 'Trust me... I'm a journalist' -- 'Totally unsuited to politics...' -- No man's land -- Terrorism and jihad -- Iraq, the reckoning -- Observations -- Golden rules of TV news -- The death of news.
Summary: Martin Bell has stood in war zones as both a soldier and a journalist. From Vietnam to Bosnia to Iraq, he has witnessed first-hand the dramatic changes in how conflicts are fought and how they are reported. He has seen the truth degraded in the name of balance and good taste, grief and pain censored so the viewers are not disturbed. In an age of international terror, where journalists themselves have become targets, more and more reports are issued from the sidelines. The dominance of social media has ushered in a post-truth world: Twitter rumours and unverifiable videos abound, and TV news seeks to entertain rather than inform. In this compelling account, one of the outstanding journalists of our time provides a moving, personal account of war and issues, and an impassioned call to put the substance back in our news.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Non-Fiction Davis (Central) Library Biographies Biographies B BEL Checked out 31/03/2024 T00627058
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Martin Bell has stood in war zones as both a soldier and a journalist. From Vietnam to Bosnia to Iraq, he has witnessed first-hand the dramatic changes in how conflicts are fought and how they are reported. He has seen the truth degraded in the name of balance and good taste - grief and pain censored so the viewers are not disturbed.

In an age of international terror, where journalists themselves have become targets, more and more reports are issued from the sidelines. The dominance of social media has ushered in a post-truth world: Twitter rumours and unverifiable videos abound, and TV news seeks to entertain rather than inform.

In this compelling account, one of the outstanding journalists of our time provides a moving, personal account of war and issues an impassioned call to put the substance back in our news.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Once a soldier -- Geunyeli -- Undertones of war -- Lessons of Vietnam -- Victor's justice -- The something must be done club -- The violent screen -- Never wrong for long -- The age of the embed -- The language of war -- 'Trust me... I'm a journalist' -- 'Totally unsuited to politics...' -- No man's land -- Terrorism and jihad -- Iraq, the reckoning -- Observations -- Golden rules of TV news -- The death of news.

Martin Bell has stood in war zones as both a soldier and a
journalist. From Vietnam to Bosnia to Iraq, he has witnessed first-hand the dramatic changes in how conflicts are fought and how they are reported. He has seen the truth degraded in the name of balance and good taste, grief and pain censored so the viewers are not disturbed. In an age of international terror, where journalists themselves have become targets, more and more reports are issued from the sidelines. The dominance of social media has ushered in a post-truth world: Twitter rumours and
unverifiable videos abound, and TV news seeks to entertain
rather than inform. In this compelling account, one of the
outstanding journalists of our time provides a moving, personal account of war and issues, and an impassioned call to put the substance back in our news.

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