Unreliable sources : how the 20th century was reported /

Simpson, John, 1944-

Unreliable sources : how the 20th century was reported / John Simpson. - 593 pages ; 20 cm.

Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the young Churchill on the Boer War to the creation of the Daily Mail, from the coverage of two world wars to Suez, from the Sun's propping up the Thatcher government ... Simpson offers an engaging and astute account of the British press at its best - and, sometimes, at its worst.

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Press--History--Great Britain--20th century
Reporters and reporting--History--Great Britain--20th century
History, Modern--20th century
Media Studies.
Museology & heritage studies
Biography: general
General & world history
United Kingdom, Great Britain
20th century, c 1900 to c 1999
Memoirs
News media & journalism