The latest casualty: Phillip Knightley and media failure

He covers the coverage of wars and the fine borderline that journalists might cross to become propaganda merchants: World War II, Vietnam, The Gulf, Kosovo, to name a few, and now the ‘War on Terror’. And the performance so far of the news media in this latest one has left Phillip Knightley, author...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0ba752052493416dabd734be0b1f75712021-12-02T08:57:11ZThe latest casualty: Phillip Knightley and media failure10.24135/pjr.v9i1.7521023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/0ba752052493416dabd734be0b1f75712003-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/752https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 He covers the coverage of wars and the fine borderline that journalists might cross to become propaganda merchants: World War II, Vietnam, The Gulf, Kosovo, to name a few, and now the ‘War on Terror’. And the performance so far of the news media in this latest one has left Phillip Knightley, author of The First Casualty, underwhelmed: civil rights down the drain, public debate and dissent stifled, the news media hardly batting an eyelid. ‘Well, the press in Britain, Australia, and probably New Zealand, did a better job than their American counterparts,’ he sighs, ‘but that’s not saying much.’ Louise MatthewsAsia Pacific Networkarticletruthcensorshipmedia ethicsmedia freedompropagandawar correspondenceCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2003)
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topic truth
censorship
media ethics
media freedom
propaganda
war correspondence
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle truth
censorship
media ethics
media freedom
propaganda
war correspondence
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Louise Matthews
The latest casualty: Phillip Knightley and media failure
description He covers the coverage of wars and the fine borderline that journalists might cross to become propaganda merchants: World War II, Vietnam, The Gulf, Kosovo, to name a few, and now the ‘War on Terror’. And the performance so far of the news media in this latest one has left Phillip Knightley, author of The First Casualty, underwhelmed: civil rights down the drain, public debate and dissent stifled, the news media hardly batting an eyelid. ‘Well, the press in Britain, Australia, and probably New Zealand, did a better job than their American counterparts,’ he sighs, ‘but that’s not saying much.’
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