End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate

By Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair

Book Overview

Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn present a detailed scrutiny of the 'quality' print press and leading corporate media in the last decade, detailing a disastrous sequence of misrepresentation, suppression, ignorance and a wilful embrace of the government's agenda. The book traces the impending disintigration of what are now 'old media' and looks towards the emergence of an entirely new landscape of mass communications: one that includes a more populist approach to information dissemination.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1904859372
• ISBN13: 9781904859376
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: AK Press
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A collection of their better essays....

but still worth it. A Trenchant tearing apart of the pretensions of the fourth estate, including his classic take down of the McNeil-Lehrer report.

Essential reading for anyone interested in free speech and media democracy!

Recently, I obtained a copy of this excellent CounterPunch anthology by becoming a member of the Friends of AK Press, something you too should consider if you're interested in cutting-edge radical thought. Exposing the corporate media as a propaganda organ of the reactionary right, "End Games" is a passionate call to democratize the news. Whether they're discussing the war on Iraq, Rupert Murdoch, the pro-Israel lobby, Bill O'Reilly, or the attack on micro-radio, Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair will entertain and enlighten you. Smart, urgent, and at times wickedly funny, this is a book you need to read. And then after you read it, go on and make a movement documentary, start a punk band, publish a zine, organize a teach-in, post a story on Indymedia.org, or participate in a poetry slam. In short, become the media!