Cuckooland : where the rich own the truth /
by Burgis, Tom.
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BookPublisher: London : William Collins, 2024Description: 304 pages ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780008564742 (hbk.) :; 0008564744 (hbk.) :; 9780008564759 (pbk).Classification number: 302.23 BURSubject(s): 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 corruptionSummary: 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.
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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.
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