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This book aims to dispell the lie of the liberal media. Alterman traces the beginnings of the current effort to push the idea of the liberal media to the Heritage Foundation who in the 80's started what ended up being a crusade by the right wing to discredit any media source that didnt agree with them. From the smear campaigns against candidates they didnt like to outright lies and misinformation that have originated from the aforementioned group to all of those that have sprung up over the years. From their domination of talk radio to Fox News and even book publishers revising history and distorting current events, the right will do whatever it takes to get what they want even if that means stealing an election. To complicate matters, those who disagreed with them were intimidated into agreeing with them and just didnt do their job. The author shows how 9-11 was used to accomplish the goals of the Bush admin. and how Bushs' shady dealings with Harkin were never properly investigated even though every minute of the Clintons life was dissected to the point of the impeachment. Alterman does a very thorough job of proving his thesis in this book and it is well worth the read. I do however, wish that he would write an update as it would be interesting to see if he believes that anything has changed.Read full review
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