When government propaganda
and corporate spin are increasingly presented as fact, as fewer and
fewer corporations control the news, A Tribe of His Own: The Journalism of P. Sainath reminds us what the news media can be.
With a groundbreaking series
of newspaper articles and a critically acclaimed book, Sainath has staked
a claim as one of the world's most important journalists. A
Tribe of His Own follows Sainath to the Indian villages he
writes about, and explores his contention, that "Journalism is
for people, not shareholders."
"When I see the crap
the mainstream press churns
out - day in and day out - I can't help feeling superior"
— P. Sainath
"India needs a thousand
Sainaths."
— John Stackhouse,
Globe & Mail
