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Abuse Your Illusions: The Disinformation Guide to Media Mirages and Establishment Liesby Russ Kick
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These essays, from some of the most potent radicals writing today, serve to fill the massive informational void that American corporate media chooses to ignore. Abuse Your Illusions is an essential addition to post-9/11 discourse. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:What do CNN, your history teacher, and the White House have in common? All of them have kept some important facts from you:
In these pages, a stunning line-up of investigative reporters, media critics, independent researchers, academics, ex-government agents, and others blow away the smoke and smash the mirrors that keep us confused and misinformed. You'll learn the hidden facts about the diamond trade, child protective services, government-sponsored anti-drug ads, the Orwellian PATRIOT Act, fluoridation, the Resurrection story, Mormon racism, the CIA's nuclear dreams, the malleable definition of "terrorism," the forgotten personal lives of great scientists, the murky death of a leading microbiologist, and more. After reading these articles, you'll be ready to... Abuse Your Illusions Daniel Ellsberg talks about turning himself in for leaking the Pentagon Papers, and he reveals what rehabilitated Nazi Albert Speer can teach government officials about accepting responsibility. Investigative reporter Greg Palast catches the news media telling blatant lies. The Sunshine Project exposes the United States' illegal, treaty-busting bioweapons programs (the New York Times knows about this but refuses to report it). Pulitzer-winner Gary Webb details the racial profiling of Operation Pipeline, a program that pulls over minorities on the pretext of minor traffic violations. Howard Zinn unearths the stories of civilians killed during the attacks on Afghanistan. April Oliver lays out the facts behind her hugely controversial CNN report on Operation Tailwind. Jim Hougan looks at the surprising recent trials concerning Watergate (it might have been about a Democratic call-girl ring after all). Stephen Schlesinger, director of the World Policy Institute, breaks the real story about the founding of United Nations — the US spied on its allies, using this knowledge to shape the UN to its liking. Former federal agent Michael Levine describes first-hand how the Drug War is designed to fail. Stephanie Nolen tells the story of America's forgotten female astronauts. Danish artist Jakob S. Boeskov crashes a Chinese arms bazaar with a rifle that doesn't exist. Editor Russ Kick digs up neglected information regarding the September 11 attacks, including:
Synopsis:Investigative reporters, media critics, academics, and other experts offer documented evidence that contradicts consensus views about such topics as racial profiling, food drops in Afghanistan, and America's bioweapons program. Synopsis:The third of the bestselling Disinformation Guides gathers another all-star lineup of exposs to present a disinformation guide to media mirages and establishment lies. Photos.
Synopsis:The third of Russ Kick's bestselling Disinformation Guides gathers another all-star line-up of exposs. 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 tribunalhasn't gone the way authorities were anticipating. (We presentexclusive 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. TheU.S. is engaging in bioweapons research that violates internationaltreaties and federal law. (The New York Timesknows about this butrefuses 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 investigativejournalists, academics, activists, commentators, and independentresearchers, covering CIA assassinations, the anthrax attacks,fluoride, TWA 800, Abraham Lincoln, child protective services, thetobacco industry, forgotten uprisings, the government's missingtrillions, even more revelations about 9/11 and much more. Contributorsinclude Gary Webb, Greg Palast, Noreena Hertz, Howard Zinn, DouglasValentine, Jim Hougan, Kristina Borjesson, Arianna Huffington and manymore well-known writers-some of whom you'll be extremely surprised tosee in these pages! Russ Kick will once again be booked on multiple talk radio shows. About the AuthorRuss Kick is the all-star editor of five previous Disinformation Guides and three Disinformation books. He has been labeled as an "information archaeologist" by the New York Times in a major profile. He runs the popular blog TheMemoryHole.org and is well known for his intelligent and successful FOIA requests and unveilings. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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