Where Power Lies: Prime Ministers V the Media |
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Lance Price
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Pages: 528 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 1847372538
Pub: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Pub date: 2010-02-04
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4312
Reader Reviews:
Lies and spin - how to do both from a position of power. (0/0 people found this helpful)
I bought Lance Price's book specifically for the chapters on Tony Blair and Gordon Brown and read them together with his frightening The Spin Doctor's Diary. I have lent the books to friends who have had exactly the same reactions to both books that I have had. The Spin Doctor's Diary is a masterclass how to spin and lie and the Where the Power Lies sets it in context.
With the aid of these two books you will never again be taken in by the lies and spin of politicians from both the major parties. You will see how it is done and how they keep on doing it. The newspapers of course collude since the press releases handed out saves them the bother of actually ferreting out the truth.
The books are a fascinating peek into the corridors of power not normally on view and usually kept well-hidden. After all if we all found out we had been lied to where would politics be? They are also incidentally a good read!
PS have just purchased Andrew Rawnsley's book and watched in fascination as the spin doctors had a go at him and his backstage/frontstage story
Spin doctors and hacks (1/1 people found this helpful)
I cannot recommend this book highly enough. This is a perfect read for anyone with the barest interest in: history, journalism, current affairs. A book balanced between recounting past PMs and dissecting the recent past, this will give anyone a thorough grounding in the gaffes and ingenious policies of times gone by. I especially liked Price's forthright comments about the "new" state of play between journos and politicos since the expenses crisis. Fantastic reading altogether.
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