Big Lies : The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How it Distorts the Truth

by Joe Conason

• ISBN13: 9780312315603
• ISBN10: 0312315600
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2003-05-25
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books

Summary

oe Conason, whose examination of the President Clinton witch-hunt was a major national bestseller, takes on the most common fallacies propounded by the right and exposes them as the smear tactics they really are. Some 'lies of the right' that Conason deftly debunks include: -George Bush is a compassionate conservative -Liberals control the media -Democrats are spendthrifts who bust budgets and stifle economic growth -Conservatives are all about family values and virtues while liberals promote immorality and vice -Bill Clinton is the root of all evil. The perfect rebuttal to books such as Bias or Slander, Big Lies is essential reading in today's political climate, and a book many are eagerly awaiting.

Author Biography

Joe Conason is the national correspondent for the New York Observer and writes a daily online journal for Salon. With Gene Lyons, he is the best-selling author of The Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton. His writing and reporting have appeared in many publications, including Harper's, The Guardian, The Nation, and The New Republic. He also appears frequently as a commentator on television and radio.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(12)
1 Limousine Liberals and Corporate-Jet Conservatives	13	(16)
2 Peroxide Paradox: The Blonde Misleading the Blind	29	(23)
3 Male Cheerleaders and Chicken Hawks	52	(22)
4 Déjà Voodoo, All Over Again	74	(15)
5 Why Dick Armey Joined the ACLU	89	(20)
6 Private Lives and Public Lies	109	(19)
7 Tokens of Their Esteem	128	(18)
8 Crony Capitalism, Infectious Greed, and the Way the World Really Works	146	(25)
9 Faith, Charity, and the Mayberry Machiavellis	171	(19)
10 "Dead or Alive"-Or Maybe Just Forgotten	190	(23)
Notes	213	(20)
Acknowledgments	233	(2)
Index	235