When the Press Fails Refugees & political asylum and fresh perspectives on image

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Topic 17: Standard Deviation

When the Press Fails Refugees & political asylum and fresh perspectives on imageA sobering look at the intimate relationship between political power and the news media, When the Press Fails argues the dependence of reporters on official sources disastrously thwarts coverage of dissenting voices from outside the Beltway. The result is both an indictment of official spin and an urgent call to action that questions why the mainstream press failed to challenge the Bush administrations arguments for an invasion of Iraq or to