EAN: 9780745337890

MEDIA AMNESIA - LAURA BASU KARTONIERT (TB)

From Donald Trump  to Brexit and the rise of nationalist populism across Europe  what role has
the media played in shaping our current political moment?Following the news coverage of a
decade-long crisis that includes the 2008 financial crash and the Great Recession  the UK
deficit  the eurozone crisis  austerity and rising inequality  we see that coverage is
suffering from an acute amnesia about the policies that caused the crisis in the first place.
Rather than remembering its roots in the dynamics of 'free market' capitalism  the media
remains devoted to a narrative of swollen public sectors  out-of-control immigration and
benefits cheats. How has history been so quickly rewritten  and what does this mean for
attempts to solve the economic problems?Going behind the coverage  to decode the workings of
media power  Basu shows that without a rejection of neoliberal capitalism we'll be stuck in an
infinite cycle of crisis.

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