Free Download Prison Diaries By Denis MacShane
2014 | 272 Pages | ISBN: 1849547629 | EPUB | 1 MB
Two days before Christmas 2013, former MP Denis MacShane entered one of Europe's harshest prisons. Having pleaded guilty to false accounting at the Old Bailey, he had been sentenced to six months in jail. Upon arrival at Belmarsh Prison, his books and personal possessions were confiscated and he was locked in a solitary cell for up to twenty-three hours a day. Denis was the latest MP condemned to serve as an example in the wake of the expenses scandal. Written with scavenged pens and scraps of paper, this diary is a compelling account of his extraordinary experiences in Belmarsh and, later, Brixton. Recording the lives of his fellow prisoners, he discovers a humility and a willingness to admit mistakes that was conspicuously lacking in his former colleagues at the House of Commons. Woven into the narrative are thought-provoking reflections on a range of important topics, from the waning of public confidence in MPs - and the high-profile termination of his own political career - to the failings of the British judicial system. Above all, Prison Diaries reveals what life as a prisoner in Britain is really like, addressing issues such as rising inmate numbers, dehumanising conditions, high incarceration rates, lack of rehabilitation and an endemic political disinterest. This honest and fascinating diary is both a first-hand insight into the current prison system and a report on how it simply does not work.

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2014 | 169 Pages | ISBN: 073918752X | EPUB | 1 MB
Despite the central role of punditry in our contemporary media environment, research has been slow to examine punditry on cable news. Deregulation, the advent of cable television, and the rise of a twenty-four hour news cycle have dramatically transformed the structure and content of news, paving the way for political pundits to come to the forefront. Cable news networks, in particular, have played a critical role in challenging the neutrality of traditional media through the development of opinion programs that made highly politicized and entertaining content central to their primetime coverage. Over the past three decades, these opinionated programs have become increasingly popular as a programming strategy for cable news producers seeking to develop novel programming to target niche audiences. The pundits who pontificate on these programs have come to dominate our national political dialogue, and play a significant role in setting the public agenda and influencing public opinion in the United States. Punditry and pundits lie at the heart of programming and network changes that have evolved over the past thirty years. Primetime Pundits: How Cable News Covers Social Issues explores the ascent of punditry and offers new models for understanding how social issues are covered--not just by pundits, but also in the larger changing media landscape.

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German | September 3, 2024 | ISBN: 3111217426 | 250 pages | MOBI | 1.42 Mb
Bibliotheken stehen mit ihren Erwerbungsentscheidungen in einem ethischen Spannungsfeld: Einerseits gilt es die Meinungs- und Informationsfreiheit zu bewahren und mit ihrem Bestand die pluralistische Gesellschaft abzudecken, andererseits nur geprüfte und weltanschaulich vertretbare Inhalte anzubieten. Bibliotheken sollten sich in diesem Spannungsfeld positionieren. Je nach Auftrag, Unterhaltsträger oder Zielgruppe der eigenen Einrichtung kann eine Bibliothek unterschiedliche Antworten für sich finden.