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Common Cents

Media Portrayal of the Gulf War and Other Events

James Winter

Objectivity is the theme of these five case studies which deal with how the media covered the Gulf War, the Oka standoff, the Ontario NDP's budget, the Meech Lake Accord and Free Trade.

Winter provides strong evidence of a corporate tilt in the mass media...it is impossible to dismiss [his] arguments.
Vancouver Sun

Like Chomsky, he enjoys contrasting the "common-sense" interpretation with views from alternative sources. As facts and images clash, we end up with a better grasp of the issues at hand.
Montréal Gazette

Winter's analysis of why the media fail to tell us all, in greater, more useful depth, gives basis for hope and humor.
Peace Magazine

Impossible to dismiss these arguments.
Latin America Connexions

This book documents, in painstaking detail, how, and why, the media use their power to reinforce neo-conservative views, with devastating ramifications for discourse in society, and democracy itself.

Table of Contents:
Truth as the First Casualty.
Continental Divide.
Meech Lake Discord.
The Socialist Hordes.
Showdown at the Oka Corral.
Conclusions.

James Winter holds a Ph.D in mass communications from Syracuse University and is currently Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Windsor.

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304 pages, index

Paperback ISBN: 1-895431-24-7 $23.99
Hardcover ISBN: 1-895431-25-5 $52.99
L.C. No. 92-70624

Prices are in Canadian dollars in Canada and in US dollars elsewhere


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