Into the Buzzsaw Revised & Expanded Edition

Critics described the first edition of this highly acclaimed book as "Fascinating" and "Disturbing," "Uplifting" and "Infuriating"--as well as a "penetrating collection of powerful essays." The book won the National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism and was selected by the New York Public Library as one of the most extraordinary titles of 2002. This expanded and updated edition is more timely and relevant than ever. Many of the essays have been updated, revealing shocking new developments. A new chapter on Iraq by investigative reporter Charlotte Dennett presents a riveting angle on the subject that no one in the press has dared to examine--until now. Pulitzer nominee John Kelly writes a troubling update on recent deadly CIA operations carried out as part of the War on Terrorism. Jane Akre's update on the precedent-setting outcome of her legal fight with Fox News over her investigation of Monsanto's bovine growth hormone will unsettle, if not anger, journalists and the general public alike. Kristina Borjesson's new introduction examines how issues of censorship have, since the 9/11 tragedy and Into the Buzzsaw's initial release, become front-page news on an almost daily basis. Indeed, many journalists and increasing numbers of the general public view the control, suppression, manipulation, and distortion of information in news to have reached a crisis level--to the point of posing a significant threat to a free American society. Among the other contributors are: CBS's award-winning investigative producer Helen Malmgren; veteran investigative journalist and author of DuPont: Behind the Nylon Curtain Gerard Colby; veteran print journalist and editor David Hendrix;founder and Director Emeritus of Project Censored Carl Jensen; former DEA agent-turned-journalist and best-selling author Michael Levine; author or editor of seven books, including Rich Media, Poor Democracy, Robert McChesney; award-winning CBS documentary producer Maurice Murad; independent investigative reporter and author of the current best-seller The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Greg Palast; New York Daily News investigative reporter J. Robert Port; Emmy Award-winning producer and author Monika Jensen-Stevenson; Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Gary Webb; and New York Observer columnist Philip Weiss. Into the Buzzsaw is urgent and essential regarding for all Americans.

The first edition featured articles by award-winning journalists who described their work and the powerful interests who told them what to say in print and on camera. Their topics included fighting their own employers in court to get the news to the public, dealing with the censorship bundled with the war on terror, and the threat recent suppression and distortion of the news imposes on a free society. This new edition includes a new forward by Gore Vidal and new essays from practitioners such as Dan Rather on self-censorship, Ashleigh Banfield on creating an environment of ignorance, Charles Reina on the daily executive memos that shape the politics of Fox's reportage, and Charlotte Dennett's assessment of the press in Iraq. Written in journalistic style, the essays do not include citations or references but the editor does provide an index.
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Writing in riveting detail about their personal experiences with corporate efforts to kill their controversial stories and their careers, nearly two dozen print and TV journalists present devastating essays about the dangerous state of American journalism today.

A collaboration of essays by award winning journalists that examines and demonstrates how suppression, manipulation, and distortion of information in news have reached a crisis level- to the point of posing a significant threat to a free American society. Featuring new chapters by Dan Rather, Ashleig Banfield, Charlotte Dennett, Charles Reina and others.