You Are Being Lied to: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes and C...
"You Are Being Lied To" is a massive collection of articles that ruthlessly destroy the distortions, myths, and outright lies that are fed to us... read full description
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Feb 20, 2008
Marianne
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Aug 07, 2011
Ron
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What begins as a fairly visionary critique of media distortion, false social theory, the disinformation taught as history in public schools, the mass delusion that is religion and the insanity that is the war on drugs devolves rapidly in the last third into crazed rants about fringe topics. Sadly, all of the good that the book does is undercut by the insane ravings of Howard Bloom--who is elevated to god like status and then contradicted by the questionable scholarship of Rianne Eisler later in
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Dec 20, 2007
disinfo.com is a website ive been returning to for many years - one of the first ever subversive sites that i found. used to be the bomb, still has excellent stories from time to time. i should check back more regularly than i do.
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Jul 31, 2008
Earl
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This includes my article on textbook censorship.
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Aug 17, 2008
Tamra
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On the one hand, this book has essays by Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn, and quotes from people like Mark Twain, George Orwell and Bill Hicks. All good stuff. On the other hand, there are also essays that are strong arguments that the axiom 'extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence' should be tattooed to some peoples' foreheads. There are a number of essays that raise some interesting questions about what we think we know (Were there only two killers at Columbine?) and what other evi
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Sep 01, 2007
Garrett
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Though everything contained in this mammoth collection of conspiracy theories, whodunits and intellectual capers must be taken with a fist-sized hunk of salt, it deserves serious consideration on the part of every free-thinker out there. Granted, many of the articles and essays in this book are contradictory and *ahem* a little out-there, the same can be said of the bible. So let's not allow the obvious textual issues inevitable with a book like this get in the way of our enjoying it.
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Aug 21, 2011
Ima.lotus
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Such a good read to understand many misconceptions and to get through the lies. How power is abused and people are manipulated sometimes by the media and some other times by our own ideas.
Jan 02, 2011
Satyrblade
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DON'T BUY THE LIES! Although messy as hell (like most Disinformation Press collections), this book is essential reading if you're intrigued by what you're NOT being told.
Apr 30, 2009
Kara
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This was on everyone's shelf in college and I've leafed through it probably 50 times. Fun light reading for the conspiracy theorist, or, as Connor says, the alternative historian.
Dec 03, 2011
Thomas
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some interesting alternate takes amongst stuff that wouldn't be out of place in fundamentalist christian pamphlets or similar.
Jan 28, 2010
Eric
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Somehow its more believable when its written by the likes of Al Franken, a real politician.
Jun 04, 2008
James
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I found this to be inaccurate often enough to have little credibility, and when it is right(government agencies and officials lie! GASP! Advertisers lie! WOW!), the reaction it inspires is more "Whoop-de-freaking-doo, so what else is new?" than shock or surprise. This guy takes himself WAY too seriously, or else he's a cynical hack. Either way, I wish I hadn't wasted as much time as I did before I dropped it.
Dec 19, 2009
You Are Being Lied To: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes and Cultural Myths by Russ Kick (2001)
May 08, 2008
J
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A few authors of sections may be missing a few tools from their shed, but no more than Lou Dobbs or Glenn Beck who somehow get to permeate the brains of the most vulnerable. Wolf Blitzer, I know where you sleep... Anyway, it's an interesting read with footnoted sources to review.
Feb 01, 2010
Constantin
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I hate being lied to and it puzzles me how many millions of American's believe EVERYTHING they hear, see, and read.
Apr 01, 2008
Joe
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Some of the essays here are frantic raves, others are more reasonable and at least give the reader a direction to turn to if they want more information. Secret FBI files are more believable however than Icke's lizard people.
Jan 30, 2008
Mike
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I knew the media was corrupt, but I had no idea how bad it was until I read this book. It also comments about Religon, Government, etc. Great read.
Dec 16, 2009
Needleroozer
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This book is filled with fascinating information, sort of conspiracy therory-esque, but believable. Once I picked it up, I could barely put it down.
Oct 08, 2008
Keith
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If there is a hint of skepticism in you about the information you receive on a daily basis, read this book.
