Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press

396 Pages·2002·20.684 MB·English

by  Kristina Borjesson, Gore Vidal, Gerard Colby, Jane Akre, Greg Palast, Maurice Murad, David E. Hendrix, Philip Weiss, Helen Malmgren, J. Robert Port, April Oliver, Monika Jensen-Stevenson, Karl Idsvoog, Michael Levine, Gary Webb, John Kelly, Carl Jensen, Brant Houston, Robert McChesney

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CONTENTS
Foreword
GorVei dal 5
Acknowledgments 9
EditorI'nst roduction 11
Chapte1r: TheP ricoefL iberty
GeraCrodl by 15
Chapte2r: TheF oxt,h eH oundsa,n dt heS acreCdo ws
JanAek re 37
Chapte3r: TheS ilenocfet heL ambs:
An AmericainnJ ournaliEsxtiilce
GrePga last 65
Chapte4r: Shoutiantgt heC rocodile
MauriMcuer ad 77
Chapte5r: Inttoh eB uzzsaw
KristBionraj esson 103
Chapte6r: CoalM ineC anaries
DaviEd.H endrix 151
Chapte7r: WhenB lacBke comeWsh ite
PhilWiepi ss 175
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Chapte8r: StoriWees L oveS,t oriWees H ate
HeleMna lmgren 189
Chapte9r: TheS torNyo OneW antetdo H ear
f.R obeProtr t 201
Chapte1r0 :A DreamJ ob
ApriOll iver 215
Chapte1r1 :V erdiFcitr sEtv,i denLcaet er:
TheC asef orB obbyG arwood
MonikJae nsen-Stevenson 223
Chapte1r2 :L et'Bsl owU p OurB rand:
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KarIld svoog 247
Chapte1r3 :M ainstreMaemd iaT:h e DrugW ar'sS hills
MichaLeelv ine 257
Chapte1r4 :T heM ightWyu rlitPzleary Osn
Gary Webb 295
Chapte1r5 :C rimeasn dS ilence:
TheC IA'sC riminAaclt asn dt heM edia'Ssi lence
JohKne lly 311
Chapte1r6 :W hatH appenetdo G ood
Old-FashioMnuecdk raking?
CarJle nsen 333
Chapte1r7 :T heL ighTth atW on'Gto Out
BranHto uston 351
Chapte1r8 :T heR isaen dF alolf P rofessional Journalism
RobeMrctC hesney 363
Index 383
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FOREWORD
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