Synopses & Reviews
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.
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
Torture. Kidnapping. Bogus wars. Illegal wiretapping. Propaganda. Spies in the newsrooms. Oil profiteers. Soldiers who won't fight. Mothers of fallen soldiers Who will.In Static, the bestselling brother-sister team of Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now!, and investigative journalist David Goodman takes on government liars, corporate profiteers, and the media that have acted as their cheerleaders. The authors cut through the official static to show the truth about war, torture, and government control of the media. Static breaks the sound barrier to present the voices of dissidents, activists, and others who are often frozen out of official debate.Read Static. Become informed. Fight back. Defend democracy.
About the Author
Amy Goodman is an internationally acclaimed journalist. She has won many of the most prestigious awards in journalism, including the George Polk Award, the Alfred I duPont-Columbia University Award, and the Robert F. Kennedy Prize for International Reporting. Democracy Now! airs on more than 200 radio and TV stations around the world. David Goodman is an award-winning independent journalist whose articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Mother Jones, Outside, The Nation, and numerous other publications. He is the author most recently of the critically acclaimed Fault Lines: Journeys into the New South Africa. He lives with his wife and two children in Vermont.