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Reading between the lies
The First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist, and Myth-maker from the Crimea to the Gulf War IIThe First Casualty: The War Correspondent as Hero, Propagandist, and Myth-maker from the Crimea to the Gulf War II by Phillip Knightley
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Outstanding exposure of truth-twisting in time of war
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass MediaManufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky
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Definitive work on manipulation of public opinion
Prison Notebooks: SelectionsPrison Notebooks: Selections by Antonio Gramsci
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Gramsci saw the writing on the wall -- (Chomsky copied it).
If Truth be Told: Secrecy and Subversion in an Age Turned UnheroicIf Truth be Told: Secrecy and Subversion in an Age Turned Unheroic by Stan Winer
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Exposes hellish hypocrisy behind the headlines
Surprise, Security, and the American Experience (Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization & Government)Surprise, Security, and the American Experience (Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization & Government) by JL Gaddis
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Contemporary history as it shouldn't be written -- worth reading anyway...
The New Media MonopolyThe New Media Monopoly by Ben H. Bagdikian
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Masterful analysis but someone who knows his stuff. Essential reading.