Buy "Lapdogs: How The Press Rolled Over For Bush"

[Hissyspit]

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Buy Boehlert's Book
by John in DC - 6/17/2006 11:08:00 AM

Atrios is right, buy Salon.com reporter Eric Boehlert's book "Lapdogs: How the press rolled over for Bush".

I'm reading it now, have gotten through about half, and it's very good. Lots of horrifying detail as to just how bad the media has gotten. And there's lots of new information and analysis regarding things such as Bob Woodward's Valerie Plame memory loss, the press' reaction to Bush's "mandate" from 2004 election (uh, no mandate at all, thanks), and more. It's a good book, a great reference tool actually to keep around and have to win arguments with lying Republicans.

And in any case, as Atrios notes, buy the book - it's what Republicans do, they just buy their guys' books to get them on the best sellers lists and help spread their message even further.

Click here to buy.

[cyberpj]

1. Buy "Watchdogs of Democracy?" - by Helen Thomas.

Watchdogs of Democracy? : The Waning Washington Press Corps and How It Has Failed the Public (Hardcover) by Helen Thomas

http://www.powells.com/biblio/61-0743267818-0

[McCamy Taylor]

2. Or just use your own noggin? Link to my FREE post how to read the news.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=109x26276

[WiseButAngrySara]

3. Excellent! Thanks so much for posting. K&R! ....n/t

[Humor_In_Cuneiform]

4. Democracy NOW had an excellent interview with the author

on June 6. It made me want to read the book too:

"Wednesday, June 7th, 2006
How the Press Rolled Over for Bush: Media Critic Eric Boehlert Takes on the Corporate Media

We take a look at media coverage of the war, the Bush administration and other issues that have or should have made headlines during the last six years.
Journalist Eric Boehlert argues in his new book, "Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush" that the mainstream media essentially gave up its role as defenders of the public interest and instead succumbed to pressure from the Bush White House and the conservative right. Bohelert writes that the reasons for this were many including a "consolidated media landscape in which owners were increasingly -- almost exclusively -- multinational corporations; the same corporations anxious to win approval from the Republican -controlled federal government to allow for even further ownership consolidation. The press timidity was also fueled by the Republicans" tight grip on Congress...and the mainstream media's natural tendency to revere Beltway power...The timidity was also driven by Beltway careerism; by media insiders who understood that despite the cliché about the liberal media, advancement to senior positions was actually made doubly difficult for anyone with a reputation for being too far left, or too caustic toward Republicans."

Boehlert argues that the administration used a variety of tactics to undermine and control the press including curbing access, bullying reporters, hyping terror alerts, paying off pundits and producing fake newsreels or VNRs..."

More, and audio, podcasts etc:

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/07/1420203

[Hissyspit]

7. Thanks! n/t

[verse18]

5. Hey MSM-this is what you are-

lap dog
n.
1. A small dog kept as a pet.
2. Informal. One eager to do another's bidding, especially in order to maintain a position of privilege or favor.

[EFerrari]

6. syn: pressitutes, stenographers, hagiographers.

:)