BREAKING

''Brimming with intelligence energy ethics and impeccable research'' Samira AhmedThe modern media is breaking. Now more than ever the media is crucial in shaping what we know about the world around us. So what happens when this vital part of our society fails in its basic role and how can we even begin to understand the mess it''s in?From those who own the news and the battle for balance at the BBC to the intricacies of political journalism and the trade''s ethics the modern media is as complex as it is flawed. Through personal experience of the newsrooms and insider interviews journalist Mic Wright strips the engine of information entertainment and propaganda back to its constituent parts and lays it bare. In this revealing deep-dive Breaking shows how our news media works and ultimately how it doesn''t. With his frank and comprehensive analysis Mic equips the reader with the tools to better interrogate our media separating the fair from the ethically dubious the truths from the half-truths . . . and the down-right lies.