The Rise And Fall Of The Bulgarian Connection
by Edward S. Herman and Frank Brodhead
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This book is a compelling expose of the plot behind the plot-the
concoction by the Italian secret services of a Bulgarian Connection in
the attempted assassination of the Pope.
The reader of this book is faced with staggering proof that the media
utterly failed to meet acceptable standards of care and professionalism.
The Rise and Fall of the Bulgarian Connection is a serious and realistic
assessment of the handling by the western press of a propaganda trick; it
shows how the press was led by a handful of journalists linked to the
CIA into accepting as proof a fabricated story .
In following this case, lawyers were disheartened by the erosion of
the principle of the presumption of innocence. And just as the legal sys
tem failed to probe the case against the accused Bulgarians in accor
dance with that presumption, so the media ignored information suggest
ing hidden political motives behind the accusations.
The book is a chilling indictment of our so-called " free" press, a
press which abuses its freedom by omissions , by half-truths, and by stir
ring the continuation of a Cold WM climate. It deserves to be read and
remembered.
Sean MacBride, s.c.

Sean MacBride is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (1974), the Lenin
Peace Prize (1977), and the American Medal of Justice (1978); former Chief of
Staff of the Irish Republican Army, Foreign Minister of Ireland, and United Na
tions Ambassador; U.N. Commissioner for Namibia; and author of the UN
ESCO Report on The New World Information and Communication Order; cur
rent Chairman of the Board of Advisers of the Institute for Media Analysis, Inc.
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