Shooting the Messenger: Criminalising Journalism

by Andrew Fowler

Book Overview

If the Al-Qaeda terrorists who attacked the United States in 2001 wanted to weaken the West, they achieved their mission by striking a blow at the heart of democracy.

Since 9/11 governments including those of the USA, the UK, France and Australia have introduced tough, intimidating legislation to discourage the legitimate activities of a probing press, so greatly needed after the Iraq War proved that executive government could not be trusted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138296619
• ISBN13: 9781138296619
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"