War reporters under threat : the United States and media freedom /

Exposes how the U.S. government has worked to undermine media freedom worldwide and threats to war reporters coming from the U.S. military and some of its closest allies.

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Main Authors: Paterson, Chris A
Published: Pluto Press ; Distributed in the United States of American exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: London : New York :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: Exposes how the U.S. government has worked to undermine media freedom worldwide and threats to war reporters coming from the U.S. military and some of its closest allies.
Carrier Form: x, 220 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-212) and index.
ISBN: 9780745334172 (pbk.) :
0745334172 (pbk.)
9780745334189 (hbk.)
0745334180 (hbk.)
Index Number: PN4738
CLC: G214-171.2
G219.712-05
Call Number: G219.712-05/P296
Contents: A hidden war on the media -- The culture of press intolerance : collaboration and suppression -- Patters of violence : the media installation and the media worker. Escalation ; Expansion of anti-press violence -- Media response -- Legality -- Invisible conflict? -- Appendix 1 : a chronology of attacks on media facilities and personnel linked to the US government -- Appendix 2 : media safety and media freedom organisations.