@article{Matthews_2003, title={The latest casualty: Phillip Knightley and media failure}, volume={9}, url={https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/752}, DOI={10.24135/pjr.v9i1.752}, abstractNote={<p>He covers the coverage of wars and the fine borderline that journalists might cross to become propaganda merchants: World War II, Vietnam, The Gulf, Kosovo, to name a few, and now the ‘War on Terror’. And the performance so far of the news media in this latest one has left Phillip Knightley, author of&nbsp;<em>The First Casualty</em>, underwhelmed: civil rights down the drain, public debate and dissent stifled, the news media hardly batting an eyelid. ‘Well, the press in Britain, Australia, and probably New Zealand, did a better job than their American counterparts,’ he sighs, ‘but that’s not saying much.’</p&gt;}, number={1}, journal={Pacific Journalism Review : Te Koakoa}, author={Matthews, Louise}, year={2003}, month={Sep.}, pages={22-25} }