Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
200 pages
|Published: 1 Jan 1981
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ISBN: 9780679758907
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 11 March 1997
Description
From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the bombing of the World Trade Center, the American news media have portrayed "Islam" as a monolithic entity, synonymous with terrorism and religious hysteria. In this classic work, now updated, the author of Culture and Imperialism reveals the hidden agendas and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world.