There's No Good News: Journalism, Crisis and Philosophy of Praxis [Paperback]

1 There is no good news 2 Gaza and the failure of Western journalism 3 Propaganda is the new truth 4 Journalism and the truth 5 Journalism, philosophy and logic 6 Materialism, dialectics and truth 7 Markets, estates and journalist-intellectuals 8 Journalism, truth and free speech 9 News, journalism and class 10 Journalism, crisis and philosophy of praxis

Theres No Good News: Journalism, Crisis, and Philosophy of Praxis is a searing critique of contemporary journalism and its complicity in sustaining capitalist hegemony. Drawing on a rich tapestry of political philosophy, media theory and historical analysis, the book reworks the classic propaganda model of Herman and Chomsky through a Marxist lens, introducing the dialectical potential of Gramscian common sense as a tool of critique and renewal. At its core, this book argues that journalism, far from being a neutral arbiter of truth, functions as a powerful ideological apparatusmanufacturing consent, distorting reality and reinforcing dominant class interests.

Set against the backdrop of the Gaza conflict and the global crisis of capitalism, the book dissects the failures of Western media to report truthfully on war, politics and resistance. It exposes how propaganda, failures of logic and the illusion of objectivity shape public discourse, while journalistssometimes unwittinglyserve as quotidian intellectuals of the ruling class. The text challenges the foundational myths of journalism, including the Fourth Estate and the marketplace of ideas, and critiques the normative philosophical frameworks that underpin journalistic practice. In a time when the moral algebra that animates freedom of speech is weaponised to silence dissent, the book interrogates the limits and contradictions of liberal democratic ideals. It explores how speech, protest and journalism are policed under the guise of combating extremism, revel“G