Democracy under attack : how the media distort policy and politics
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Democracy under attack : how the media distort policy and politics
Policy Press, 2012
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Description
Malcolm Dean, The Guardian newspaper's longstanding chief monitor of social affairs, expertly indicts his own trade through a series of seven case studies on the influence of media on social policy. Drawing on four decades of top-level Whitehall briefings, topped up by interviews with 150 policy-makers, the book is packed with insights, and colourful stories from events in Whitehall's corridors, culminating in a damning list detailing the seven deadly sins of the 'reptiles' (modern journalists). A new final chapter reports on the News International hacking scandal, and the subsequent Leveson Inquiry, prompting criminal and civil lawsuits and leading to a radical press regulator plan.
Written in an engaging way, it offers a unique insider's perspective and a detailed and valuable account of what goes on in news rooms, pressure groups, departmental policy divisions and Parliament.
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Howard Glennerster
- Foreword by David R. Mayhew
- Preface: 1. The rise and fall of mainstream journalism
- 2. An inside and outside look at policy-making
- 3. Law and order
- 4. Drugs: tabloid puppets and pawns
- 5. Asylum: an oppressive media campaign prompts a cowardly political response
- 6. Labour's boldest target: to end child poverty
- 7. Vocational education: the biggest disappointment
- 8. Health and social care: the most expensive breakfast in history
- 9. The disappearance of the housing correspondent
- 10. Subverting democracy (1): seven sins of the reptiles
- 11. Subverting democracy (2): serious crimes of the reptiles
- Afterword
- Index
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