erik's review
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
by Al Franken
erik's review
Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken
erik's review
rating:
bookshelves:
political-social-sciences
recommended for: anyone who watches Fox TV
Al Franken is to be commended for exposing Fox Television and its supposed "news" commentators in this book which might be profitably read alongside a viewing of the documentary film, Outfoxed. I read it at the request of a friend. At the time, most of it was above my head as I do not watch television. Since then, however, thanks to the aforementioned film, a Canadian Broadcasting documentary on the same subject and some study of film clips of Limbaugh, O'Reilly and others available on the Web, I see his point and would now get more from the book. Still, the book did point me in the direction of checking out his allegations and discovering that they weren't as exaggerated as I had at first supposed.
Incidentally, why haven't the professional associations of editors, publishers and journalists come out against Fox and its supposed journalist? Or have they and the reports of such not gotten much press?
Incidentally, why haven't the professional associations of editors, publishers and journalists come out against Fox and its supposed journalist? Or have they and the reports of such not gotten much press?
