As we’re writing this, it is Day 13 of the “Occupy Wall Street” protest.  People who are fed up with the crumbling economy has moved into Zuccotti Park in Manhattan’s financial district with plans to stay.   Each night sees about 200 people sleeping in the park for the protest, and during the day the crowd swells to a few thousand.   If you haven’t heard about it, you’re not alone-  press coverage has been minimal.   We’re told that there’s a “liberal Media”, but the evidence shows that the Media isn’t Liberal, may not be Conservative, and probably isn’t even free…

“Into the Buzzsaw- Leading Journalists Expose The Myth of a Free Press”, edited by Kristina Borjesson

Critics described the first edition of this highly acclaimed book as “Fascinating” and “Disturbing,” “Uplifting” and “Infuriating”–as well as a “penetrating collection of powerful essays.” The book won the National Press Club’s Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism and was selected by the New York Public Library as one of the most extraordinary titles of 2002. This expanded and updated edition is more timely and relevant than ever. Many of the essays have been updated, revealing shocking new developments. A new chapter on Iraq by investigative reporter Charlotte Dennett presents a riveting angle on the subject that no one in the press has dared to examine–until now. Pulitzer nominee John Kelly writes a troubling update on recent deadly CIA operations carried out as part of the War on Terrorism. Jane Akre’s update on the precedent-setting outcome of her legal fight with Fox News over her investigation of Monsanto’s bovine growth hormone will unsettle, if not anger, journalists and the general public alike. Kristina Borjesson’s new introduction examines how issues of censorship have, since the 9/11 tragedy and Into the Buzzsaw’s initial release, become front-page news on an almost daily basis. Indeed, many journalists and increasing numbers of the general public view the control, suppression, manipulation, and distortion of information in news to have reached a crisis level–to the point of posing a significant threat to a free American society. Among the other contributors are: CBS’s award-winning investigative producer Helen Malmgren; veteran investigative journalist and author of DuPont: Behind the Nylon Curtain Gerard Colby; veteran print journalist and editor David Hendrix;founder and Director Emeritus of Project Censored Carl Jensen; former DEA agent-turned-journalist and best-selling author Michael Levine; author or editor of seven books, including Rich Media, Poor Democracy, Robert McChesney; award-winning CBS documentary producer Maurice Murad; independent investigative reporter and author of the current best-seller The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Greg Palast; New York Daily News investigative reporter J. Robert Port; Emmy Award-winning producer and author Monika Jensen-Stevenson; Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Gary Webb; and New York Observer columnist Philip Weiss.  “Into the Buzzsaw” is urgent and essential reading for all Americans.

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