Spin, Spies and the Fourth Estate

A former national security correspondent's groundbreaking account of the turbulent relationship between British Intelligence and the media

Combining his expertise as a national security correspondent and research academic, Paul Lashmar reveals how and why the UK media became more critical in its reporting of the Secret State. He explores a series of major case studies including Snowden, WikiLeaks, Spycatcher, rendition and torture, and MI5's vetting of the BBC - most of which he reported on as they happened.

Lashmar discusses the issues that news coverage raises for democracy and gives you a deeper understanding of how intelligence and the media function, interact and fit into structures of power and knowledge.

Un istoric revolutionar al fostului corespondent de securitate nationala despre relatia turbulenta dintre serviciile britanice de informatii si mass-media Combinand expertiza sa ca corespondent de securitate nationala si academician de cercetare, Paul Lashmar dezvaluie cum si de ce mass-media din Marea Britanie a devenit mai critica in raportarea statului secret. El exploreaza o serie de studii de caz majore, inclusiv Snowden, WikiLeaks, Spycatcher, predarea si tortura, si verificarea de catre MI5 a BBC - despre care a raportat majoritatea pe masura ce s-au intamplat. Lashmar discuta problemele pe care acoperirea stirilor le ridica pentru democratie si va ofera o o intelegere mai profunda a modului in care inteligenta si mass-media functioneaza, interactioneaza si se incadreaza in structurile de putere si cunoastere.