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Dissecting
the news
& lighting
the fuse
Dispatches
from the
meDia war
Danny
schechter
The News Dissector
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Dissecting
the news
& lighting
the fuse
Dispatches from
the meDia war
Danny schechter
The News Dissector
Mediachannel.org
DeDication
To all who believe in the value of a free press and recognize the need to
renew its mission in order to stop the slide towards the dumbing down of
democracy.
For all our media heroes worldwide who continue the fight.
Forward Ever, Backward Never.
© 2013 Danny Schechter, Mediachannel.org
Cover design: ColdType.net
Author’s Photographs: ©2012 Sammie Amachree
“I woke up one morning several years ago and found myself seventy years
old. It is a matter of scant moment; my rounds will go pleasurably on as
they always have, world without end, until my masters trade me in at the
antiques show for some dubious bit of art deco. Still, the recollections
press an unexpectedly insistent claim.”
– Newspaper Columnist Murray Kempton, 1994

Books By Danny schechter
Blogothon
Cosimo Books, 2012
Occupy: Dissecting Occupy Wall Street
Cosimo Books, 2012
ColdType.Net (eBook)
Foreword to The Report of the Financial Crisis Inquiry
Commission of The United States
Cosimo Books, 2011
The Crime of Our Time: Why Wall Street is Not Too Big to Jail
The Disinformation Company, 2010
Introduction to The History of The Standard Oil Company,
by Ida M. Tarbell
Cosimo Books, 2009
Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity
Cosimo Books, 2008
When News Lies: Media Complicity and the Iraq War
Select Books, 2006
The Death of Media and the Fight to Save Democracy
Melville House Publishing, 2005
Embedded: Weapons of Mass Deception (How the Media
Failed to Cover the War on Iraq)
Prometheus Books, 2003
ColdType.Net (eBook)
Media Wars: News at a Time of Terror
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (U.S.A), 2003
Innovation Books (Bonn, Germany), 2002
News Dissector: Passions Pieces and Polemics
Akashic Books, 2001
ElectronPress.com, 2000
Hail to the Thief: How the Media “Stole” the 2000 Presidential Election
[Edited with Roland Schatz]
Innovation Books, 2000
ElectronPress.com (U.S.A)
Falun Gong’s Challenge to China
Akashic Books, 1999, 2000
The More You Watch the Less You Know
Seven Stories Press, l997, l999
contents
introDuction: My MeDia ManDate
1. Memory Matters 2
2. The More You Watch The Less You Know: Ten Years On 8
3. When Media Undermines Democracy 34
coVerinG War
4. The Media “Covers” The Iraq War 52
5. A Call For A Media Crimes Tribunal 56
6. America’s Shining Mediaocracy 65
7. Warring With The Words Of War 92
8. Evil: The ‘E’ Word 96
9. What’s A Journalist To Do When The Political Gets Personal? 98
10. Truth Is A Battle 102
11. A Pre-Mortem Of Election Coverage 106
inVestiGatinG the FinanciaL crisis
12. Why Some Ideas Are More Visible Than Others 110
13. Strauss-Kahn And Wall Street’s Aggressive Culture Of Sexuality 114
14. The Ponzi Scheme Is Bigger Than We Know 120
15. As The Feds Broaden A Mortgage Fraud Probe, Will
White-Collar Perps Ever Do Time For Their Subprime Crimes? 123
JournaLisM
16. Understanding Media Ethics Is Important, Changing Media
Practice is Essential 128
17. How Media Outlets Became The New Carnival Barkers 143
18. News Falling Through The Cracks? 147
MoVeMents anD actiVists
19. The Day I Joined The Revolution 150
20. A Rant For Rick: A CNBC Analyst Launches The Tea Party 164
21. Occupy Wall Street’s Six Month Anniversary Leads
To A New Confrontation 168
22. Lexicon For Liberation: An A-Z Of Occupy Wall Street 172
23. A Time To Speak Up: Helen Thomas Awaits Another Big Diss
From Fellow Journos 175
24. Spirituality And The Media: Challenging The Spiritual
Community 179
25. Where Is Aids Among The A-List Topics? 184
26. Al Jazeera Takes On The World - In English 188
cuLturaL coVeraGe
27. Why Are The Grammy’s Backtracking On Diversity? 192
28. Assessing Barack Obama’s Stress Test After 100 Days In Office 195
ePiLoGue: What is to Be Done?
29. Declaration Of Media Independence 199
30. Closing Thoughts 2012 203