News of the World?: Fake Shiekhs and Royal Trappings - Hardcover

Burden, Peter

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9781903070796: News of the World?: Fake Shiekhs and Royal Trappings

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ISBN 10: 1903070791 ISBN 13: 9781903070796

Publisher: Eye Books, 2008

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Do the great British public get the press the 'Red Tops' think they deserve? Or are the tabloids' pious protestations of public interest really just a self-serving attempt to halt declining circulation? Peter Burden examines the News of the World's performance—with its Fake Sheikh and the illegal mobile phone tapping, which lead to a jail sentence for royal reporter Clive Goodman and the resignation of the editor. Burden also highlights the papers hypocrisy when Mazher Mahmood, the Fake Sheikh, was himself unmasked. This is a book for everyone concerned about standards in British tabloid journalism and people who care about privacy rights and the debate over serving the Public Interest versus the interest of the public.

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Peter Burden is a ghostwriter, and the author of Rags.

Review:

"A well documented exposure of underhand tactics, gross intrusion, and embarrassing cock-ups." —Derek Jameson, former editor, News of the World

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