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Fayke Newes Derek J. Taylor

Fayke Newes By Derek J. Taylor

Fayke Newes by Derek J. Taylor


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When social media has put mass communication in the hands of anyone with a smartphone - from US Presidents to any crook, liar or foreign enemy - Derek Taylor asks: What hope is there for the rest of us who just want to know what's really going on?

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Fayke Newes: The Media vs the Mighty, From Henry VIII to Donald Trump by Derek J. Taylor

`Fake news.' `Dishonest press.' `Racist.' `Mentally unstable.' THE insults President Donald Trump and the American news media hurl at each other are nothing new. In Tudor England, printed papers branded the monarch a `horrible monster' and were in turn accused of publishing `false fables'. Ever since the invention of the printing press, those in power have seen mass communication as a dangerous threat that usurps their ability to tell people what to think and is capable of stirring up discontent - or even rebellion. In Fayke Newes, historian and international journalist Derek Taylor tracks this long and bloody fight between the press and those in power, through the lives of the men and women who got caught up in the battle. On a journey through the centuries, we criss-cross the Atlantic between Britain and America and discover that neither governments nor journalists have always told the truth.

Fayke Newes Reviews

A revealing and sometimes alarming review of the age-old efforts by governments to muzzle the media. -- PETER SNOW

About Derek J. Taylor

DEREK J. TAYLOR studied law and history at Oxford, and later joined Independent Television News. As an onscreen correspondent, he reported five wars and spent seven months in Iran during the Islamic revolution. His daily reports were the only Tehran-based TV coverage of the American hostage crisis to reach U.S. viewers. Taylor went on to work for the BBC before becoming Chief Executive of the American-owned Associated Press Television News.

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GOR009487911
9780750987783
0750987782
Fayke Newes: The Media vs the Mighty, From Henry VIII to Donald Trump by Derek J. Taylor
Used - Like New
Paperback
The History Press Ltd
2018-07-02
360
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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