"Think you know a 'fake' news story when you see one? As Zada cogently shows, the way the brain works makes that highly unlikely. This is a powerful dissection of why we get bamboozled by the stories we are fed, and a guide to what we can do about it." - Denise Winn, author of The Manipulated Mind: Brainwashing, Conditioning and Indoctrination "John Zada has shared a passionate, insider's account of how "churnalism" is bad not just for those who produce the news, but for everyone who consumes it. Of all the injuries that beset the world, few are as self-inflicted as our surrender to false narratives that are the sine qua non of today's media barrage. Better to ignore it all, or as Zada hopefully urges, do something - each and every one of us - before it's too late." - Ian Gill, author of No News is Bad News: Canada's Media Collapse and What Comes Next "As we spend ever more of our lives staring at screens, it can be hard to remember that our daily existence is not consumed by natural disasters, shootings, celebrity indiscretions, and apocalyptic politics. What is this realm of horrors and trivialities and how did it colonize our perception? Drawing on long experience as a newsroom insider, John Zada illuminates the unseen and subtle dynamics by which mind, medium, and professional practice amalgamate into 'the news.' Veils of Distortion offers a brilliant primer on how the form of an industry gave rise to our dominant picture of reality, and in some cases to reality itself.

" - Greg Jackson, author of Prodigals and "Vicious Cycles: Theses on a Philosophy of News" "John Zada's book speaks for those of us who are sceptical about the idea that there is any kind of pure 'news' that can't be manipulated in the first place." - Dr. David Giles, author of Psychology of the Media.