David Edwards & David Cromwell 
Guardians of Power 
The Myth of the Liberal Media

Guardians of Power is a thought-provoking and controversial challenge to the idea that western media is unbiased, fearless and open to different ideas.



This book argues that a corporate media system be never be expected to tell the truth about a world dominated by corporations. It challenges the complacent view that newspapers, including the ‘liberal’ Guardian and the Independent, tell the truth about climate change, war and problems in society when they are profit-oriented businesses dependent on advertisers for 75% of their revenues.



Guardians of Power is a radical intervention which will spark debate amongst media students and journalists, and all those who believe in the values of a free and independent media.

Table of Content

Acknowledgements

Foreword by John Pilger

1 The Mass Media – Neutral, Honest, Psychopathic

2 Iraq – The Sanctions of Mass Destruction

3 Iraq Disarmed – Burying the 1991-98 Weapons Inspections

4 Iraq – Gunning For War And Burying The Dead

5 Afghanistan – Let Them Eat Grass

6 Kosovo – Real Bombs, Fictional Genocide

7 East Timor – The Practical Limits Of Crusading Humanitarianism

8 Haiti – The Hidden Logic Of Exploitation

9 Idolatry Ink – Reagan, The ‘Cheerful Conservative’ And ‘Chubby Bubba’ Clinton

10 Climate Change – The Ultimate Media Betrayal

11 Disciplined Media – Professional Conformity To Power

12 Towards A Compassionate Media

13 Full Human Dissent

Resources

Index

About the author

David Cromwell is co-editor and co-founder of Media Lens. His previous books include Private Planet (2001) and Why Are We The Good Guys? (2012). He is the co-author, with David Edwards, of Guardians of Power (2006), Newspeak in the 21st Century (2009) and Propaganda Blitz: How and Why Corporate Media Distort Reality (Pluto, 2018).