Author(s): Andrew Fowler

Fiction

Mass media is in Crisis. Newspapers and TV networks that once led the world are Failing. Yet they Co-wrote their own Epitaph - with Dirty Deeds and Power without principle. In The War on Journalism, former ABC Four Corners investigative journalist Andrew Fowler traces both the evolution of the fourth estate and its internet-driven disruption. Ours is the era of the media 'outsider', like lawyer-turned-journalist Glenn Greenwald, who challenged everyone from The Guardian to Rupert Murdoch's global media empire to reveal Edward Snowden's treasure trove of secrets. As issues raised by the likes of WikiLeaks and Snowden play out, rattled governments threaten to jail both whistleblowers and those who publish their leaks. And in our post-9/11 world, every mobile phone is a tracking device. The public's right to know is a battleground. Will our world be democratic or dominated by executive government, spying on its own citizens and producing fraudulent arguments to fight horrific wars? This is a defining moment, not just for journalism but for us all. Book jacket.