Big Lies : The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth
From the Book Description:
In Big Lies, Joe Conason rips through the ten most damaging lies perpetrated by the right wing propaganda machine. This scathing, fact-filled analysis debunks it all:
- The myth that Republicans are fiscal geniuses and champions of free enterprise.
- The right's self-proclaimed monopoly on "family values."
- The conservative smearing of liberals as unpatriotic and anti-American.
- And of course, the "compassionate conservatism" of George W. Bush. (It depends on the meaning of "compassionate.")
Big Lies confronts right-wing slander and bias with a long-awaited, badly-needed counterpunch to the deceptions that have plagued American politics for a generation.
Why this is progressive/liberal: Conason does a tremendous job of fact-checking the right-wing punditocracy. However, ultimately this is a work of its time. It's interesting to see the liberal counter-arguments to the conservative talking points of the day, but it doesn't do much in the way of substantive argument.
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