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New York Library
awarded it;
“one of 2002's 25 most
important books”
The Investigative Reporter - an endangered species:
Kristina Borjesson has edited a very seminal book, Into the Buzzsaw, chronicling some heroic struggles by that endangered species the investigative reporter. Quoting her introduction: "…investigative reporting is dwindling, particularly at the major networks, because it is expensive, attracts lawsuits, and can be hostile to the corporate interests and/ or government connections of a news division's parent company."
For anyone who wants to understand how the ubiquitous and unacknowledged conflicts-of -interest undermine the mainstream networks' ability to tell you what is really going on, this is a must-read book. It tells many compelling stories about the stories the mainstream media could not handle. Many of them are told by prize-winning journalists.
Three of the contributions to the Buzzsaw collection relate remarkable details about how the mainstream media dropped the ball with TWA 800. Those award winning investigative reporters tell such compelling stories that the book itself became an award-winner.
Buzzsaw was chosen by the New York Library as one of 2002's 25 most important books and got the National Press Club's award this year for the best review and critique of U.S. media.
You can buy it on-line at: www.amazon.com among others.
For other critiques, analysis and reform efforts relating to the media go to theFairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) website at:http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/FAIR/FAIR.html
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