Author(s): Lance Price

History

A witty and informed look at the century-old battle between journalism and politics and what happened to the truth along the way. * Full of arresting and devastating insights and revelations about the way politics today, and how we have left behind us the notions of 'impartiality' and 'truth'. * Part polemic, part contemporary history, the book argues that we live in a democracy set up to deliver greater power to those in charge and rob the public of access to unbiased truth. With first-hand experience of the worlds of both journalism and politics, Lance Price looks back over almost a century of battles between Britain's media and its political leaders.. He exposes liars in Downing Street and scoundrels in Fleet Street, bullies and megalomaniacs in both. There are many wiser heads, too, who see the madness and try to find a better way of doing things. Yet are all in pursuit of the same objective: power. They want power over each other and power over the public. It is a battle without end and too often the truth is the first casualty.