An Award-winning Reporter Exposes Falsehood, Distortion and Propaganda in the Global Media

Flat Earth News

Explosive, controversial and ground-breaking - award-winning investigative journalist Nick Davies exposes the shocking corruption of today's media.

Meticulous, fair-minded and utterly gripping

If you read newspapers, you MUST read this book

A must-read for anyone worried about journalism - which, on this analysis, should be everyone

Powerful and timely...his analysis is fair, meticulously researched and fascinating

Nick Davies writes investigative stories for the Guardian, and has been named Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year in British press awards. Between July 2009 and July 2011, he wrote more than a hundred stories about crime in Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World. He has written six books including White Lies and Dark Heart, and the bestselling Flat Earth News, exposing falsehood and propaganda in news media. Hack Attack is his latest book. 
 
He has three children and lives in Sussex.

Does ‘fake news’ really exist? Find out from the ultimate insider. 
 
After years of working as a respected journalist, Nick Davies, in this shocking exposé, reveals what really goes on behind the scenes of this contentious industry. 
 
From a prestigious newspaper that allowed intelligence agencies to plant fiction in its columns, to the newsroom that routinely rejected stories due to racial bias, to the number of papers that accepted cash bribes. Gripping, thought-provoking and revelatory, this is an insider’s look at one of the most tainted professions. 
 
‘Meticulous, fair-minded and utterly gripping’ Telegraph 
 
‘Powerful and timely...his analysis is fair, meticulously researched and fascinating’ Observer

The School Report

Over a period of 18 months, Davies researched for the Guardian a special series of stories investigating the condition of our state schools. They were published in three batches between September 1999 and July 2000, at lengths varying from 600 words to 7,000. The series attempted to go beneath the surface issues to expose the fundamentals - the undeclared but highly successful policy to kill off our comprehensive schools; the bogus analysis of school failure used by Ofsted; the fabrication of facts by Ofsted's chief inspector, Chris Woodhead; the gross dishonesty about funding by the Secretary of State; the link between the success of private schools and the failure of state schools; graphic stories about underfunding, about the lives of truants; an expose of how teachers have joined children in cheating to deliver the exam results which the government demands; some pointers to solutions, based on Dutch schools. The response was huge.

The Story of a Journey into an Undiscovered Britain

Dark Heart

Award-winning journalist Nick Davies explores obscured aspects of British culture, from abject poverty to child prostitution.

This book should be required reading...it will shock many to the quick, that all this could be happening under their noses

He describes what he sees and hears with exemplary clarity, neither pulling punches nor exaggerating... Read him to discover how dreadful a country much of Britain has become

A most powerful and harrowing piece of investigative journalism...it takes a very brave and persistent reporter to reach the hidden part of Britain that Davies has chosen to explore

If you want to find out about the poor, you have to go looking. Most people, most writers, don't bother. Nick Davies has bothered, and he should be congratulated...his analysis is spot on

A brilliant journalistic investigation... A copy should be sent to every Labour MP to remind them of their responsibilities

'This all began quite unexpectedly one rainy autumn evening a couple of years ago in a fairground near to the centre of Nottingham...' 
 
In amongst the bright lights and bumper cars, Nick Davies noticed two boys, no more than twelve years old, oddly detached from the fun of the scene. Davies discovered they were part of a network of children selling themselves on the streets of the city, running a nightly gauntlet of dangers: pimps, punters, the Vice Squad, disease, drugs. This propelled Davies into a journey of discovery through the slums and ghettoes of our cities. He found himself in crack houses and brothels, he befriended street gangs and drug dealers. 
 
Davies' journey into the hidden realm is powerful, disturbing and impressive, and is bound to rouse controversy and demands for change. He unravels threads of Britain`s social fabric as he travels deeper and deeper into the country of poverty, towards the dark heart of British society.

Nick Davies

This is the book we’ve been waiting for, the thrilling and important inside story of how a single reporter came through with the truth of the hacking scandals. He exposed shameful intrusions, the years of deceit, lies, and bullying. And he did more. He revealed a rottenness at the heart of British life in the relations of press, police, and Parliament, institutions that, taken as a whole, failed the big test. Hack Attack is an indictment of the worst of journalism, but is itself an exhilarating demonstration of how the best of journalism—hard-won, honest reporting—is the lifeblood of any democracy.

First in the Guardian and now in this book, the reporting of Nick Davies has revealed the insidious abuse of power—and the public trust—by the Murdoch press from the top down. The British hacking scandal is the ultimate expression of Murdoch-culture run amok: corruption in the Fourth Estate as dangerous to democracy as the worst excesses of heads of state.

This has all the elements – lying, corruption, blackmail – at the highest levels of government by the biggest newspaper in London.  And the fact that it’s true is the best part.  Nick is a brave and stubborn reporter and we consider it an honor to put his book to film.

George Clooney (who is set to direct the film of the book)

Nick Davies is Britain’s greatest investigative journalist... This book is as exciting as a thriller but far more important... should be compulsory reading in journalism schools and must be read by anyone who wishes to understand how British politics actually works.

Gripping …the best account we have of the phone-hacking scandal and the attendant police corruption and cover-ups...A masterly summary of the hacking affair, as well as the ingenuity and persistence that lead to great journalism.

His set pieces...are breathtaking... Hack Attack captures a picture of bullying and nepotism that should be absent from a democratic society

What is revealed here, in painful, careful detail, is a journalism that held power in contempt…Nick Davies has done a colossal service to Britain’s democracy…Hack Attack is the book of a very bold reporter about a passage of arms that he won, to our great benefit.

Davies’ account of how Murdoch and his dysfunctional lieutenants ensnared, enslaved, and frightened generations of politicians is blistering.

[Davies] tells a brilliant story [and] takes us through the years of sniffing and delving with energy, determination and resilience

A riveting page-turner… Let’s remember that it took a journalist to do the job the authorities had evaded

Riveting… A masterclass in investigative reporting… A story driven by passion and executed with precision

You would expect [Davies] to write the best full-length account of the [phone-hacking] scandal, and so he has… Vivid and often gripping

Gripping… Davies is more intent on changing the world than interpreting it, and the world is a better place for that

Nick Davies' astonishing account of the scandal that engulfed Britain (and Rupert Murdoch) in 2011...a reminder of the power of investigative journalism

A page-turner and definitely worth reading

Excellent… An essential read for anyone who wants to really understand the corrupt forces at work in Britain today

Shocking beyond anything I could’ve imagined

As exciting as a thriller, but far more important

Thank goodness for Nick Davies and his ilk, who prove that there are still some principled journalists out there

Hack Attack is a page-turner and is definitely worth reading

If you read one book before the end of the year, make it Hack Attack

His dogged pursuit of criminal activity on Fleet street and at Scotland Yard is a devastating critique of the way we live

Bullying, blackmail, coercion, all are exposed by Davies who shows himself to be not only as tenacious as a bulldog but also a lucid and honourable writer

Astonishing account of the scandal that engulfed Britain (and Rupert Murdoch) in 2011… It's a reminder of the power of investigative journalism (even when it is investigating itself) to reshape politics and history.

How the truth caught up with Rupert Murdoch

**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 
 
Read the definitive inside story of the News International Phone Hacking scandal, told by the man who exposed it. 
 
 At first, it seemed like a small story. The royal correspondent of the News of the World was caught listening in on Buckingham Palace voicemails. He was quietly sent to prison and the case was closed. 
 
 But Nick Davies felt sure there was a lot more going on. 
 
 And he was right. 
 
 Davies and a network of rebel lawyers, MPs and celebrities took on Rupert Murdoch, one of the most powerful men in the world, and in bringing him down they uncovered a world of crime and cover-up reaching from the newsroom to Scotland Yard and to Downing Street. 
 
 This is the story of a network of corruption rooted deep within our society, and how it was dragged into the light. 
 
'A masterly summary of the hacking affair, as well as the ingenuity and persistence that lead to great journalism' Observer 
 
 'This has all the elements - lying, corruption, blackmail - at the highest levels of government by the biggest newspaper in London' George Clooney

Nick Davies

Praise for Hack Attack

This is the book we’ve been waiting for, the thrilling and important inside story of how a single reporter came through with the truth of the hacking scandals. He exposed shameful intrusions, the years of deceit, l ...

First in the Guardian and now in this book, the reporting of Nick Davies has revealed the insidious abuse of power—and the public trust—by the Murdoch press from the top down. The British hacking scandal is t ...

This has all the elements – lying, corruption, blackmail – at the highest levels of government by the biggest newspaper in London. And the fact that it’s true is the best part. Nick is a brave and stubborn reporte ...

This is the book we’ve been waiting for, the thrilling and important inside story of how a single reporter came through with the truth of the hacking scandals. He exposed shameful intrusions, the years of deceit, l ...

First in the Guardian and now in this book, the reporting of Nick Davies has revealed the insidious abuse of power—and the public trust—by the Murdoch press from the top down. The British hacking scandal is t ...

This has all the elements – lying, corruption, blackmail – at the highest levels of government by the biggest newspaper in London. And the fact that it’s true is the best part. Nick is a brave and stubborn reporte ...

This is the book we’ve been waiting for, the thrilling and important inside story of how a single reporter came through with the truth of the hacking scandals. He exposed shameful intrusions, the years of deceit, l ...

First in the Guardian and now in this book, the reporting of Nick Davies has revealed the insidious abuse of power—and the public trust—by the Murdoch press from the top down. The British hacking scandal is t ...

This has all the elements – lying, corruption, blackmail – at the highest levels of government by the biggest newspaper in London. And the fact that it’s true is the best part. Nick is a brave and stubborn reporte ...

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