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We are living through the greatest communication revolution since Gutenberg. In Breaking News Alan Rusbridger offers an open, personal and agenda-setting account of how we arrived at the news world of today. The President of the United States regularly lies to the public and accu...ses anyone who criticises him of being fake. Politicians openly rubbish the views of 'so called experts', dissemble and mislead. So how do we hold those in power accountable? Fox News, Breitbart Media and the Murdoch papers peddle views not news, pushing politically motivated agendas. So, where can we look for reliable, verifiable sources of news and information? What does it mean for democracy? And what will the future hold? Reflecting on his 20 years as editor of the Guardian and his experience of breaking some of the most significant news stories of our time, including the Edward Snowden revelations, phone hacking, wikileaks and the Keep in the Ground campaign, Rusbridger answers these questions and offers a stirring defence of why quality journalism matters now more than ever.
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| ISBN |
9780655687276 |
| Published NZ |
26 Nov 2020 |
| Publisher |
Bolinda Publishing |
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Audio disc/Other, Unabridged edition |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
| NZ Review |
'[Rusbridger] has written a book of breathtaking range ... The brilliant Breaking News is essential - and entertaining.' -- The Observer 'The book [Rusbridger] has written is eloquent in its argument for well-resourced journalism, and never better than in its central narrative of how an old profession struggled to cope with a new technology that threatened it with obsolescence.' -- Guardian |
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Author's Bio
Alan Rusbridger was editor-in-chief of Guardian News & Media from 1995 - 2015. He is member of The Scott Trust, which owns the Guardian and the Observer. Piers Hampton trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and graduated in 2009. Since then he has been constantly working as an actor, whether on the stage or on the airwaves. He won the BBC Radio Carleton Hobbs Bursary Award in 2009 and has since recorded numerous voiceovers, radio plays and audiobooks.
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