TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bell,Martin
TI  - War and the death of news: reflections of a grade B reporter 
SN  - 9781786071088
U1  - 920 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Oneworld
KW  - Bell, Martin,
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Parliament
KW  - House of Commons
KW  - Biography
KW  - War
KW  - Press coverage
KW  - War correspondents
N2  - Martin Bell has stood in war zones as both a soldier and a journalist. From Vietnam to Bosnia to Iraq, he has witnessed first-hand the dramatic changes in how conflicts are fought and how they are reported. He has seen the truth degraded in the name of balance and good taste - grief and pain censored so the viewers are not disturbed.

In an age of international terror, where journalists themselves have become targets, more and more reports are issued from the sidelines. The dominance of social media has ushered in a post-truth world: Twitter rumours and unverifiable videos abound, and TV news seeks to entertain rather than inform.

In this compelling account, one of the outstanding journalists of our time provides a moving, personal account of war and issues an impassioned call to put the substance back in our news
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