Abuse Your Illusions: The Disinformation Guide to Media Mirages and Establishment Lies

by Russ Kick (Editor), Richard Metzger (Preface)

The third of Russ Kick’s bestselling Disinformation Guides gathers another all-star line-up of exposés.
Juries have ruled in recent trials that Watergate was really about a Democratic Party prostitution ring.

Ignored in the U.S. and distorted elsewhere, the Milosevic tribunal hasn’t gone the way authorities were anticipating. (We present exclusive first-hand reporting from the trial).
Most theologians don’t believe in the physical Resurrection of Jesus.
In 2001, the U.S. uncovered the biggest spy ring in the country since WWII, yet most people never heard about it.
The U.S. is engaging in bioweapons research that violates international treaties and federal law. (The New York Times knows about this but refuses to report it).
Teddy Roosevelt and Wall Street created Panama for profit.

Gandhi wasn’t so wonderful, after all.
These are just some of the revelations in the third of our all-star anthologies. Following up on bestsellers You Are Being Lied To and Everything You Know Is Wrong, editor Russ Kick has again assembled a line-up of leading investigative journalists, academics, activists, commentators, and independent researchers, covering CIA assassinations, the anthrax attacks, fluoride, TWA 800, Abraham Lincoln, child protective services, the tobacco industry, forgotten uprisings, the government's missing trillions, even more revelations about 9/11 and much more.
Contributors include Gary Webb, Greg Palast, Noreena Hertz, Howard Zinn, Douglas Valentine, Jim Hougan, Kristina Borjesson, Arianna Huffington and many more well-known writers—some of whom you’ll be extremely surprised to see in these pages!
Russ Kick will once again be booked on multiple talk radio shows.

Genres: Politics, History, Nonfiction, Reference, True Crime, Counter Culture, Science

352 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

Editor of the website The Memory Hole which publishes and archives hidden US government documents, including scientific studies and reports, civil rights-related reports, intelligence and covert action reports.

He was also editor-at-large for The Disinformation Company, where he had published several books including The Book of Lists and 50 Things You're Not Supposed to Know.

Reviews

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not nearly as good as "You're Being Lied to..." This edition fluctuates between "so? what's your point" (e.g., US chemical and biological weapons development, Panama was created for profit, etc.) and "wow, I hope this author finds counseling or someone with an MRI machine." It's a good read if you got a lot of time in a padded room.

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good some bad. That's what you get with a book that consists of various authors. I felt some of the stories where extremely biased while others were objective. The reason I thought some were biased is instead of giving you the information and letting you make up your mind it seemed to want to tell you what you should think and I just don't like that crap at all.

[Mrs Reddy Katzy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Written in 2003 ... i took a look at this and realised it's really out of date to be interesting other than being used as 'modern history' the only interesting article for me would be 9/11 .... but i dont feel like reading it so thats that - i havent read any of it

[Raelana · Rating 5 out of 5]

It just completely blows my mind how I never even questioned half the stuff that I am now realizing I have had "spoon-fed" to me through the media. We need to be incharge of our own opinions.

[Joel Massey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Suggested for alternative media fans and general conspiracy buffs.