In this book, MediaChannel founder and editor, Danny Schechter critically examines media coverage since 9/11. Schechter analyzes what has been covered and, more tellingly, left out, in news coverage of the terrorist attacks and their aftermath.

Drawing from the reporting of over one thousand worldwide radio, newspaper, television, and internet affiliates, the result is a scathing account of how the media has become a megaphone for the U.S. military and its war on terror. More than just a critique, this book suggests a series of changes to improve our news sources and return them to the vital role a free and independent press must play to preserve a democracy.

Media Wars is a timely assessment of what we are and are not being told in the most important story of our new century.

"...excellent material... Schechter's call for journalists to stand up to pressure and start reporting on the world again is vitally important. "
— Publishers Weekly

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MediaChannel has also collaborated with musician Polar Levine, who edits our affiliate popcultmedia.com, on an unusual and memorable rap song/collage of the war coverage set to music. It is a companion soundtrack to Media Wars.
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