"[...] In Kill the Messengers, Mark Bourrie exposes how trends have conspired to simultaneously silence the Canadian media and elect an anti-intellectual government that conducts business in private. Bourrie demonstrates how the Harper government suppresses facts that challenge the government's policies or undermine its ideologically based decisions. Its propaganda machine is changing the way Canadians see their own country. Perhaps most importantly, Bourrie gives advice on how to take back your tight to be informed and to be heard. [...]"-- from inside cover.