Martin A. Lee | |
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| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Subject | Far-right movements, terrorism, drug politics, media |
| Notable works | The Beast Reawakens |
Martin A. Lee is an American author and activist. He has written books and articles onfar-right movements,terrorism,media issues, anddrug politics, includingAcid Dreams andThe Beast Reawakens. Lee was a co-founder of the media watch groupFairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR).
Lee has an undergraduate degree in philosophy from theUniversity of Michigan. He has been a guest teacher-in-residence at theUniversity of Illinois and has lectured at many colleges and universities, includingHarvard University,Columbia University,Dartmouth College,Johns Hopkins University, and theAmerican University of Paris. In 1994 he was given the Pope Foundation Award for Investigative Journalism.[1]
Lee was a co-founder of the media watch groupFairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), a group formed in 1986 to combat perceived corporate and establishmentmedia bias. He was the first full-time editor of FAIR's magazineExtra!, and later served as the publication's publisher.[2]
With fellow journalistKevin Coogan, he met fascistFrançois Genoud and interviewed him in Lausanne in 1986, in order to write an article. Genoud only agreed to meet with Coogan and Lee with the condition that the interview not be taped and he not be directly quoted. The article came out inMother Jones in May 1987, the only American journalistic investigation into Genoud while he was alive.[3]
Lee's first book,Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion (co-authored withBruce Shlain), was published in 1985 byGrove Press. CoveringLSD's use by both thecounterculture of the 1960s and by theCIA inmind control experiments.[4]
Lee's second book,Unreliable Sources: A Guide to Detecting Bias in News Media (co-authored withNorman Solomon), was both a distillation and expansion of his work with FAIR. Published in 1990 byLyle Stuart,The Washington Post called the book "a worthy addition to the library of any student of American news media, social structure and political science."[5]
Lee's third book,The Beast Reawakens, an in-depth examination of the resurgence offascism, was published by Little, Brown in 1997; a revised paperback edition was issued byRoutledge in 2000. Calling it a "compelling, intelligent investigation which reads more like a thriller than a history lesson,"Publishers Weekly said it "contributes much toward understanding the politics of hatred."The New York Times Book Review described it as "a vivid survey of fascist resurgence."[6]
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