The Men who killed the news

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By Eric Beecher
079 BEE

What’s gone wrong with our media? The answer: its owners. From William Randolph Hearst to Elon Musk, from the British press barons to colonial upstarts Conrad Black and Rupert Murdoch, media proprietors have manipulated the news to accumulate wealth and influence as they meddled with democracy. This book reveals the distorted role of the media moguls of the past two centuries It explains how they have exploited the shield of the freedom of the press to undermine journalism and truth.