LA Press Club and KPFK Present a Reading by Maria Armoudian of her Upcoming Book Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World

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“Rich in contemporary world history, Kill the Messenger is exactly the book the world needs to read in our perilous times.”
— Robert W. McChesney, coauthor of The Life and Death of American Journalism

July 25, 2011 – Los Angeles, CA – The Los Angeles Press Club and Los Angeles’ Pacifica radio station KPFK 90.7 FM present the official launch of public official, political scientist, radio host, and journalist Maria Armoudian’s upcoming book Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World. The event occurs at 7:30pm August 11, 2011 at the Los Angeles Press Club, in the Steve Allen Theater at 4773 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles 90027, and features a discussion by the author followed by a Q&A.

With the book set for release on August 23, by noted independent publisher Prometheus Books, Kill the Messenger is a timely tome, particularly in light of recent revelations about the Rupert Murdoch News Corp empire.… Read More

Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World By Pacifica Syndicated Radio Host Maria Armoudian Arrives on August 23

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Political scientist, noted radio host, and journalist, Maria Armoudian will be releasing her first book Kill the Messenger: The Media’s Role in the Fate of the World on August 23, 2011. Published by provocative, progressive and independent publisher, Prometheus Books, Kill the Messenger’s forward was written by author and political leader, Senator Tom Hayden.

The book emerged from Armoudian’s studies into the causes of genocide, war, peacemaking, democratization, and the protection of human rights and the environment, while she was working on her Ph.D. at the University of Southern California, as well as during her work as a broadcast journalist and public official. Looking across conflicts and policy successes and failures, she found that media (and media professionals) were among key factors in determining political outcomes, including matters of life and death.

Written in five parts, Kill the Messenger shows how media fomented rage and genocide in Rwanda, the Holocaust and the Bosnian war; how they helped bring peace in the Northern Ireland Conflict and the war in Burundi; how media contributed to democratization and the protection of human rights in South Africa, Taiwan, Mexico, and Senegal, and how they aided both the destruction and rebuilding of democracy in Chile. In its final case study, Kill the Messenger explores the media’s role in the fate of the world, as journalists disentangle the issue of climate change for the public.

Early reviews of the book have been stellar including:… Read More