So Wrong for So Long
How the Press, the Pundits--and the President--Failed on Iraq
Mitchell, Greg
Galloway, Joseph L. (FRW)
Springsteen, Bruce (INT)
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
It is often said that a free press is the watchdog of democracy, insuring that the conduct of our leaders is examined with a critical eye. This makes Greg Mitchell the watchdog of watchdogs, as tracking the performance of the media is his beat at Editor & Publisher, the influential magazine of the newspaper industry. Over the past five years, his weekly column Pressing Issues, has intensely scrutinized the coverage of the Iraq war, the medias views of the credibility of the Bush Administration, and such related topics as 9/11, the war in Afghanistan, and the CIA Leak Case.
           Now, as the war in Iraq reaches its 5th anniversary, this first-ever collection, with more than 75 of Mitchells columns, provides a unique history of the conflict, from the hyped WMD stories to the surge. Back in 2003, Mitchell was one of the few mainstream journalists to question the grounds for war. Today, Mitchell looks ahead at lessons for the future with an original introduction and connecting material that updates and unifies his original essays.Â
           From prescient early columns warning of a long, bloody war to Stephen Colberts in-his-face mockery of President Bush to a piece titled No Pat Answers in the Tillman Case, this book will appeal to press critics, bloggers, media professionals, teachers, students, and everyone concerned with how we got into  in Iraq and why we cant seem to get out. With more than 160,000 American troops still fighting there, debate over the war continues to rage on news and editorial pages from big city dailies to weekly papers in small towns. Against this controversial backdrop, Greg Mitchell is the one reporter examining all the coverage and taking the long view of the presss performance.Â
BOOK REVIEWS
The profound failure of the American press with regard to the Iraq War may very well be the most significant political story of this generation. Greg Mitchell has established himself as one of our country's most perceptive media critics, and here he provides invaluable insight into how massive journalistic failures enabled the greatest strategic disaster in the nation's history.Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com columnist and author of A Tragic Legacy and How Would a Patriot Act? "Anyone who cares about the integrity of the American media should read this book. Greg Mitchell asks tough questions about the Iraq war that should have been asked long ago, in a poignant, patriotic, and thoughtful dissection of our war in Iraq. Mitchell names names and places blame on those whove blundered. Examining the most complex issue of our time, he connects the dots like no one else has."Paul Rieckhoff, Executive Director, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and author of Chasing Ghosts
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1402756577
ISBN(13-digit): 9781402756573
Dewey Decimal: 956.7044/31
Library of Congress: 2007045258
Book Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 298
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