Embedded ─ Weapons of Mass Deception : How the Media Failed to Cover the War on Iraq

The widespread mistaken belief that Saddam Hussein was behind the 9-11 attacks in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania and correlated support for the invasion of Iraq is but one example of the failures of the U.S. media to provide objective and critical coverage of the War on Iraq. Media critic Schechter (executive editor, Mediachannel.org) provided ongoing critical commentary of media performance and government "perception management" during the invasion on his Web site and in other fora. He collects much of it here, along with additional essays by other critics. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Danny Schechter is executive editor of Mediachannel.org; cofounder and executive producer of Globalvision, a New York-based television and film production company; a recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists’ 2001 Award for Excellence in Documentary Journalism; a former producer for CNN and for ABC News 20/20, where he won two National News Emmys; and the author of many books on the media.