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The last days of democracy : how big media and power-hungry government are turning America into a dictatorship / Elliot D. Cohen & Bruce W. Fraser.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cohen, Elliot D.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mass media--Political aspects--United States.
- Mass media.
- Mass media--Political aspects.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--2001-2009.
- Politics and government.
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- 333 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007.
- Summary:
- In this chilling account of an America in political and cultural decline, media critics Elliot D. Cohen and Bruce W. Fraser show how mainstream media corporations have become administration pawns in a well-organized effort to hijack America.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 The New American Dictatorship 17
- London Bridge Is Falling Down 17
- The Emperor Is Naked 32
- Bush's "Culture of Life" Is Really a Culture of Oppression 47
- Chapter 2 The Fox Is Guarding the Henhouse 55
- Who's in Bed with Whom? 55
- The Socio-Pathology of Corporate Media Giants 62
- Less Unscrupulous Media Corporations 64
- Film Censorship: Coming Soon to a Theater Near You 72
- Chapter 3 Look Who's Not Looking Out for You 81
- The High-Priced Hookers of Mediaville 81
- Journalists with Chutzpah 93
- Chapter 4 The Media Matrix 108
- The Un-American Dream 109
- The Illusion of Freedom 110
- Extreme Makeover of the American Mind 118
- Chapter 5 Wasting Away in Mediaville 127
- Manufacturing Prejudice 127
- Exploiting Family Relations 130
- Dumbing Down America 136
- Marketing War 139
- Chapter 6 Blaming the Liberals 148
- The Quiet Plot to Steal America 150
- The Myth of Liberal Bias 155
- Chapter 7 Shock and Awe 173
- American Terrorism (The MSM Covers Up the Blood) 173
- Bush's War on Terror: Keep Us Afraid, We'll Submit 176
- Who Terrorized Whom on 9/11? 183
- Big Brother Is Watching Us 195
- Dissidents Beware: The Outing of CIA Operative Valerie Plame 197
- Prosecuting Journalists as Traitors for Doing Their Job 202
- Chapter 8 Project for the New American Net 208
- The PNAN Plan 209
- The Supreme Betrayal of Internet Freedom 212
- Silencing the Little Guy: The Mega Telecom "Pay for Play" Plan 217
- The Great American Firewall 219
- Now Under Way: The Hostile Takeover of Wi-Fi Internet 228
- Chapter 9 Pax Americana 233
- America the Tyrannical: The Neoconservative Vision for the Twenty-first Century 234
- The Godfathers of K Street 246
- Deconstructing Politico-Corporate Power 254
- Chapter 10 Democracy in a Black Box 259
- The Help America Vote Act (AKA: The Help to End Free Elections in America Act) 261
- The Unimpeachable Evidence for Widespread, Systematic Voting Fraud 271
- Chapter 11 What Now, Compatriots? 290
- The Timely Lesson of Nazi Germany 291
- Keeping Informed with Indie Media 298
- Saving the Free Internet 300
- Peaceful Assembly and Civil Disobedience 302
- Educators Are Vanguards of Democracy 306
- Appendix Selected Media 313.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-320) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781591025047
- 1591025044
- OCLC:
- 79256742
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