Big lies : the right-wing propaganda machine and how it distorts the truth / Joe Conason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conason, Joe.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.

United States.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.

Propaganda, American.

Conservatism--United States.

Conservatism.

Right and left (Political science).

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

245 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.

Summary:

Joe Conason, whose investigation of the conservative witchhunt of Bill Clinton became a major national bestseller, takes on the most common arguments, myths, and fallacies propounded by the right -- and exposes them as the smear tactics they really are. A powerful rebuttal to books such as Bias or Slander, Big Lies is essential reading in an era of right-wing bullying and political conformity.

Contents:

1 Limousine Liberals and Corporate-Jet Conservatives 13

2 Peroxide Paradox: The Blonde Misleading the Blind 29

3 Male Cheerleaders and Chicken Hawks 52

4 Deja Voodoo, All Over Again 74

5 Why Dick Armey Joined the ACLU 89

6 Private Lives and Public Lies 109

7 Tokens of Their Esteem 128

8 Crony Capitalism, Infectious Greed, and the Way the World Really Works 146

9 Faith, Charity, and the Mayberry Machiavellis 171

10 "Dead or Alive"

Or Maybe Just Forgotten 190.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-231) and index.

Local Notes:

Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Hackney.

ISBN:

0312315600

OCLC:

52381481

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