Excellent Book "Into the Buzzsaw" - explains why the news is so bad

NAO

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Thu Dec-30-04 08:52 PM
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Excellent Book "Into the Buzzsaw" - explains why the news is so bad

The book is a collection of essays by mainstream journalists that have been forcibly ejected from the mainstream for investigating stories that the corporate and/or government powers did not want aired.

The collection editor, Kristina Borjesson calls it the "Buzzsaw" - the powerful forces that come into play when a sensitive story is being investigated.

Reading this I understand how our leaders can outright lie, and they contradict themselves, and not be called on it by the media. I also understand why there has not been more hard hitting reporting on the news networks.

This is an excellent book, not one to miss.

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NJCher

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Thu Dec-30-04 08:53 PM
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1. sounds interesting--might want to cross-post in the nonfiction book group

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kohodog

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Thu Dec-30-04 09:08 PM
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4. I suggested it early in the group.

Also has Gary Webb who recently committed suicide (maybe), and many other excellent articles. A must read in my opinion, especially considering how much the media effects our lives in a real way these days.

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nascarblue

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Thu Dec-30-04 08:59 PM
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2. Yeah, Buzzflash gave it a big thumbs up...

I just bought Crossing the Rubicon after watching those Sept. 9-11 hearings online... If you haven't seen them, you got to... It;s the most shocking and damning documentation on the Bush administration I've ever seen.

http://911busters.com/911-Commission.html

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quispquake

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Thu Dec-30-04 09:02 PM
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3. It's a GREAT book...

Read it a couple of years ago...the Monsanto part (where they basically got a news anchor tossed from a news station) was terrifying...

And we wonder why the media is so kowtowed...this book shows the lengths the powers that be will go to to suppress real news...

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bananas

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Thu Dec-30-04 09:32 PM
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5. she co-hosts a radio show on wbai

She co-hosts a radio show on wbai
The week before 9-11, they were discussing blow-back,
and she said "don't be surprised when the WTC goes down in flames"
(that's not an exact quote)
http://www.expertwitnessradio.org/

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Minstrel Boy

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Thu Dec-30-04 09:46 PM
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6. An absolutely terrifying must read.

So many true life horror stories. Gary Webb's is even more horrifying now.

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