Spies, Spin and the Fourth Estate By Paul Lashmar 9781474443074

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Terrorism, armed struggle

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Edinburgh university press

Spies, Spin and the Fourth Estate : Edinburgh University Press : 9781474443074 : 1474443079 : 22 Sep 2020 : Combining his expertise as a national security correspondent and research academic, Paul Lashmar reveals how and why the media became more critical in its reporting of the Secret State. He explores a series of major case studies including Snowden, WikiLeaks, Spycatcher, rendition and torture, and MI5's vetting of the BBC ? most of which he reported on as they happened. He discusses the issues that news coverage raises for democracy and gives you a deeper understanding of how intelligence and the media function, interact and fit into structures of power and knowledge.

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