{"product_id":"9781949846546-brass-check","title":"The Brass Check","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Seminal Exposé on News Media Censorship and Propaganda\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpton Sinclair's scathing exposé of early 1900's mainstream media and journalism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUpton Sinclair's scathing exposé of early 1900s mainstream media and journalism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Written by acclaimed muck-racking journalist and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jungle—\u003c\/i\u003ewhich documented the inhumane conditions in meatpacking plants in the early twentieth century—\u003ci\u003eThe Brass Check\u003c\/i\u003e is Upton Sinclair's piercing critique of mainstream media's biases in its reporting; how it was not interested in combatting misinformation, but was more heavily influenced by its wealthy owners and their own sociopolitical interests and agendas. Sinclair investigates and conjectures about the power of capitalism and money and its influence over mass media, and cites several contemporary cases, including media's involvement and perpetuation of the Red Scare, the Ludlow Massacre in 1914, the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek strike of 1912, among other examples.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is one of six books within the Dead Hand series that Sinclair wrote to criticise various institutions and industries that cultivate and influence the fabric of American society. Within the book, Sinclair proposes a handful solutions to hold journalists and media accountable for censorship, sensationalism, and for the accuracy of the content they filter, spin, position, and distribute into the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sinclair himself called it \"the most important and most dangerous book I have ever written\" and originally published it without registering copyright to the text to increase circulation and subsequently the book's reach to the general public. As a result, the first code of ethics for journalists was established in 1923, just a few years after the book was released. In 2022, it is more relevant than ever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41513877536865,"sku":"9781949846546","price":10.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41092571.jpg?v=1777674558","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781949846546-brass-check","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}