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Poiuyt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-01-04 10:00 PM
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Has anyone read, "All the Presidents Spin?"
All the President's Spin: George W. Bush, the Media, and the Truth
Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer, Brendan Nyhan

FROM THE PUBLISHER
Just in time for the national conventions and the 2004 election, All the
President's Spin, the first book from the editors of the popular website
Spinsanity.org, exposes the tactics of media manipulation that George W.
Bush and his administration have employed to sell their agenda to the
American people.

Certainly all presidents have engaged in spin to a certain extent, but in
the past the media-and the public-checked the extent to which our leaders
were able to fudge the truth. However, President Bush has repeatedly used
deception, told outright lies, and rewritten history to sell his policy
agenda. And thanks to one of the most aggressive public relations teams ever
assembled, he has been able to get away with it since he began his campaign.

In the wake of September 11, the administration has taken its questionable
conduct to a new level by attempting to intimidate critics and trying to
connect virtually every policy initiative to the war on terrorism. Bush has
used the same tactics to mislead the public on a wide range of other major
policy initiatives, from the environment to homeland security to Social
Security-all with little skepticism from the media.

All the President's Spin is a well-documented, investigative analysis of the
deceptions of President Bush and his aides, the complicity of the media,
and, most importantly, how our democracy suffers as a result. Known for
their civic-minded approach to debunking spin on both sides of the political
aisle, Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer, and Brendan Nyhan critique the president's
policies, reveal the truth, and illuminate the devastating effects of Bush's
politics.

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