Cuckooland : where the rich own the truth /
Burgis, Tom.
Cuckooland : where the rich own the truth / Tom Burgis. - London : William Collins, 2024. - 304 pages ; 23 cm.
Everywhere, the powerful are making a renewed claim to the greatest prize of all: to own the truth. The power to choose what you want reality to be and impose that reality on the world. For three years, Tom Burgis followed a lead that took him deeper and deeper into Cuckooland - the place where the rich own the truth. The trail snaked from the Kremlin to Kathmandu, Stockholm to the Steppe, from a blood-soaked town square in Uzbekistan to a royal retreat in Scotland. Burgis hunted down oligarchs, developed secret sources and traced vast sums of money flowing between multinational corporations, ex-Soviet dictators and the west's ruling elites. And he found one man who wanted the power to bend reality to his will. This book tells an astonishing story: a tale of secrets and lies that reveals how fragile that truth can be.
9780008564742 (hbk.) : 18.99 0008564744 (hbk.) : 18.99 9780008564759 (pbk)
Mass media--Corrupt practices.
Mass media--Influence.
Freedom of information.
Elite (Social sciences) and mass media.
Corporations--Corrupt practices.
Elite (Social sciences)--Attitudes.
Abuse of administrative power.
Power (Social sciences)
Media Studies.
Media Studies.
21st century, c 2000 to c 2100.
Sociology & anthropology.
Corporate crime.
Political structure & processes.
Political corruption.
P94
302.23 BUR
Cuckooland : where the rich own the truth / Tom Burgis. - London : William Collins, 2024. - 304 pages ; 23 cm.
Everywhere, the powerful are making a renewed claim to the greatest prize of all: to own the truth. The power to choose what you want reality to be and impose that reality on the world. For three years, Tom Burgis followed a lead that took him deeper and deeper into Cuckooland - the place where the rich own the truth. The trail snaked from the Kremlin to Kathmandu, Stockholm to the Steppe, from a blood-soaked town square in Uzbekistan to a royal retreat in Scotland. Burgis hunted down oligarchs, developed secret sources and traced vast sums of money flowing between multinational corporations, ex-Soviet dictators and the west's ruling elites. And he found one man who wanted the power to bend reality to his will. This book tells an astonishing story: a tale of secrets and lies that reveals how fragile that truth can be.
9780008564742 (hbk.) : 18.99 0008564744 (hbk.) : 18.99 9780008564759 (pbk)
Mass media--Corrupt practices.
Mass media--Influence.
Freedom of information.
Elite (Social sciences) and mass media.
Corporations--Corrupt practices.
Elite (Social sciences)--Attitudes.
Abuse of administrative power.
Power (Social sciences)
Media Studies.
Media Studies.
21st century, c 2000 to c 2100.
Sociology & anthropology.
Corporate crime.
Political structure & processes.
Political corruption.
P94
302.23 BUR