Why Are We The Good Guys? - Book Review

http://www.medialens.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=695:why-are-we-the-good-guys&catid=25:alerts-2012&Itemid=69
Date Written:  2012-09-18
Publisher:  Medialens
Year Published:  2012
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX14521

One of the unspoken assumptions of the Western world is that ‘we’ are great defenders of human rights, a free press and the benefits of market economics. Mistakes might be made along the way, perhaps even tragic errors of judgement. But the prevailing view is that 'the West' is essentially a force for good in the wider world. Why Are We The Good Guys? is a provocative challenge to this false ideology.

Subject Headings

• Human Rights
• Ideology
• Media Analysis & Criticism
• Media Bias
• Media Propaganda
• Propaganda
• War Propaganda