The Imperial Messenger by Beln Fernndez - 9781844677498

Name: The Imperial Messenger by Beln Fernndez - 9781844677498
Brand: Verso Books

Verso Books

The Imperial MessengerThomas Friedman at Work\nAuthor(s): Beln Fernndez\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Verso Books, United Kingdom\nImprint: Verso Books\nISBN-13: 9781844677498, 978-1844677498\nSynopsis\nThe Imperial Messenger reveals the true value of this media darling, a risible writer whose success tells us much about the failures of contemporary journalism. Beln Fernndez dissects the Friedman corpus with wit and journalistic savvy to expose newsroom practices that favor macho rhetoric over serious inquiry, a pacified readership over an empowered one, and reductionist analysis over integrity.\n The Imperial Messenger is polemic at its best, relentless in its attack on this apologist for American empire and passionate in its commitment to justice.\nAbout the series: Counterblasts is a new Verso series that aims to revive the tradition of polemical writing inaugurated by Puritan and leveller pamphleteers in the seventeenth century, when in the words of one of them, Gerard Winstanle.