Authors  Amy and David Goodman  follow up their hit The Exception to the Rulers with another call to arms, this time squarely indicting the media for its complicity in keeping those corrupt rulers  right where they want to be: in power.    From corporate pandering to simply turning a blind eye, the American media  has abandoned its responsibility to honest public discourse and  has turned  its back on  the First Amendment,   bending to the will of corporate giants whose deep pockets fund the power elite, until all that's left is politicized static.    Covering timely topics like  U.S.-sponsored torture abroad, veterans barely allowed to protest the Iraq war at home, and the outrageous politicization of the Teri Schiavo case, STATIC reveals the painful truth of what happens when a government attempts to misinform and misdirect its citizens by enslaving the media--and the responsibility we all have to demand the truth.  Introducing the world to remarkable individuals who have stood up to the regime, the Goodmans remind us that the power to change the state of the media is in our hands--even in this time of international lies, wars for oil, and stolen elections.  Their message is a voice in the wilderness of American media static, and as we can tell from the incredible reader response after we published their first book, it's a message that many are eager, in these dark times, to hear.

Authors& nbsp; Amy and David Goodman& nbsp; follow up their hit The Exception to the Rulers with another call to arms, this time squarely indicting the media for its complicity in keeping those corrupt rulers& nbsp; right where they want to be: in power.& nbsp; & nbsp; From corporate pandering to simply turning a blind eye, the American media& nbsp; has abandoned its responsibility to honest public discourse and& nbsp; has turned& nbsp; its back on& nbsp; the First Amendment, & nbsp; bending to the will of corporate giants whose deep pockets fund the power elite, until all that's left is politicized static.& nbsp; & nbsp; Covering timely topics like& nbsp; U.S.-sponsored torture abroad, veterans barely allowed to protest the Iraq war at home, and the outrageous politicization of the Teri Schiavo case, STATIC reveals the painful truth of what happens when a government attempts to misinform and misdirect its citizens by enslaving the media--and the responsibility we all have to demand the truth.& nbsp; Introducing the world to remarkable individuals who have stood up to the regime, the Goodmans remind us that the power to change the state of the media is in our hands--even in this time of international lies, wars for oil, and stolen elections.& nbsp; Their message is a voice in the wilderness of American media static, and as we can tell from the incredible reader response after we published their first book, it's a message that many are eager, in these dark times, to hear.

In this incisive, riveting book, the Goodmans present the voices of political dissidents, activists, and others who demand accountability from their government leaders, but who are too often frozen out of official debates.