Democracy under Attack
eBook - ePub

Democracy under Attack

How the Media Distort Policy and Politics

  1. 544 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Democracy under Attack

How the Media Distort Policy and Politics

About this book

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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Foreword by Howard Glennerster
  7. Foreword by David R. Mayhew
  8. Preface
  9. One The rise and fall of mainstream journalism
  10. Two An inside and outside look at policy-making
  11. Three Law and order
  12. Four Drugs: tabloid puppets and pawns
  13. Five Asylum: an oppressive media campaign prompts a cowardly political response
  14. Six Labour’s boldest bid: to end child poverty
  15. Seven Vocational education: the biggest disappointment
  16. Eight Health and social care: the most expensive breakfast in history
  17. Nine The disappearance of the housing correspondent
  18. Ten Subverting democracy (1): seven sins of the reptiles
  19. Eleven Subverting democracy (2): serious crimes of the reptiles
  20. Afterword