Beyond the left : the communist critique of the media

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The ideological distortions of the conservative media, from Fox News to the Daily Mail, are widely acknowledged and often denounced among contemporary critics and commentators. But what if The Guardian newspaper and BBC news, in fact, constitute the most insidious forms of capitalist propaganda? In a wide-ranging and erudite polemic, Beyond the Left analyses capitalist news and current affairs media from a radical perspective. The book rejects the liberal and pluralist paradigms that often underpin critiques of the media, showing how media texts reflect and reinforce the material interests of.  Read more... Introduction: to bind and guide the world 1 Different worlds: the ruling class and the working class 2 Not neoliberalism: why the state is still the enemy 3 Normalising the unthinkable: news media as state propaganda 4 Blaming the victims, eroding solidarity: two media discourses on immigration 5 Rioters, racists and wreckers: media images of strikers 6 Greenwashing capitalism: news media and the environment 7 'The only honourable course': the media and 'humanitarian' war 8 Bogeyman at the BBC: Nick Griffin, Question Time and the 'fascist threat' 9 'Thus far and no further': New Statesman and the limits of critique10 Beyond the news: popular culture against the working class 11 An ever-changing sameness: countering the myths of media pluralism 12 Conclusion: politics and media studies beyond the left.