News of the World?
Fake Sheikhs & Royal Trappings
Will be published approx. on 14. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-903070-72-7 (ISBN)
Description
Fake sheikhs and royal trappings
Do the British people get the press the 'red-tops' think they deserve? Or are the tabloids' pious protestations of public interest really just a self-serving attempt to halt declining circulation?
Peter Burden examines the News of the World's performance - with its Fake Sheikh and the illegal mobile phone tapping that led to a jail sentence for royal reporter Clive Goodman and the resignation of the editor. He also highlights the paper's hypocrisy when Mazher Mahmood, the Fake Sheikh, was himself unmasked.
This is a book for everyone concerned about standards in British tabloid journalism and privacy rights and the debate about the public interest versus the interest of the public.
Do the British people get the press the 'red-tops' think they deserve? Or are the tabloids' pious protestations of public interest really just a self-serving attempt to halt declining circulation?
Peter Burden examines the News of the World's performance - with its Fake Sheikh and the illegal mobile phone tapping that led to a jail sentence for royal reporter Clive Goodman and the resignation of the editor. He also highlights the paper's hypocrisy when Mazher Mahmood, the Fake Sheikh, was himself unmasked.
This is a book for everyone concerned about standards in British tabloid journalism and privacy rights and the debate about the public interest versus the interest of the public.
Reviews / Votes
'A well-documented exposure of underhand tactics, gross intrusion and embarrassing cock-ups' 'A well-documented exposure of underhand tactics, gross intrusion and embarrassing cock-ups' 'A well-documented exposure of underhand tactics, gross intrusion and embarrassing cock-ups'More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Eye Books
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 111 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-903070-72-7 (9781903070727)
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05/2009
Eye Press
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Person
Before becoming a full-time author, Peter Burden worked as a restaurant troubadour, fashionista, frustrated race-horse owner and a writer of radio jingles.
His first novel Rags, published in 1987 and based on his experiences in the fashion trade, was described by the Mail on Sunday as 'a splendidly lively whiz through the fashion fringes of the Swinging Sixties'. It was followed by several more novels, including collaborations in turf fiction with John Francome. Peter was later responsible for transforming Jenny Pitman into a best-selling novelist, ghosting three best sellers for her. He also ghosted the posthumous autobiography of Sixties heart-throb David Hemmings.
His first novel Rags, published in 1987 and based on his experiences in the fashion trade, was described by the Mail on Sunday as 'a splendidly lively whiz through the fashion fringes of the Swinging Sixties'. It was followed by several more novels, including collaborations in turf fiction with John Francome. Peter was later responsible for transforming Jenny Pitman into a best-selling novelist, ghosting three best sellers for her. He also ghosted the posthumous autobiography of Sixties heart-throb David Hemmings.