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Untruth : why the conventional wisdom is (almost always) wrong / Robert J. Samuelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Samuelson, Robert J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Public opinion--United States.
- Public opinion.
- National characteristics--Political aspects.
- National characteristics.
- National characteristics in mass media.
- Popular culture--Political aspects.
- Popular culture.
- Press and propaganda.
- Propaganda.
- Common fallacies.
- United States.
- Common fallacies--United States.
- Propaganda--United States.
- Press and propaganda--United States.
- Mass media and public opinion--United States.
- Mass media and public opinion.
- Popular culture--Political aspects--United States.
- Politics and culture--United States.
- Politics and culture.
- Communication in politics--United States.
- Communication in politics.
- National characteristics in mass media--United States.
- National characteristics--Political aspects--United States.
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 274 pages ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Why the conventional wisdom is (almost always) wrong.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Random House, [2001]
- Summary:
- "[C]olumnist Robert J. Samuelson explains why our political, economic, and cultural debates so routinely traffic in misinformation--popular fads that, like meteors, momentarily burn brightly and fizzle out...Untruth is the first collection of Samuelson's insightful assaults on the conventional wisdom. Included are columns arguing that campaign contributions have not corrupted politics, that the 'service economy' is not turning America into a nation of hamburger flippers, and that the Internet isn't the most important invention since the printing press" -- back cover.
- Notes:
- "AtRandom.com" -- t.p.
- "AtRandom.com books are original publications that make their first public appearance in the world as e-books, followed by a trade paperback edition" -- back page.
- Random House website: www.atrandom.com
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0812991648
- OCLC:
- 46400153
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