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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 04:19 PM
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Book - Weapons of Mass Deception-Anyone Reading-54th on Amazon
I just picked it up today - glad to see it's 54th on Amazon's sales ranking - means it's being bought. Nice tome that outlines the deception by Bush and the media to sell this war. Glad to see a truthful book in the sea or RW screed.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1585422762/qid=1059599755/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-5419964-5493624?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

As government officials and observers battle over whether or not the Bush administration exaggerated intelligence reports of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction to justify war, there should be a ready audience for this new book by the authors of Believe Us, We're Experts! Professional debunkers of media manipulation, Rampton and Stauber unmask the impact of "information warriors and perception managers" (as one PR consultant described himself) on Bush's attempt to turn public opinion in favor of war on Iraq. The authors deconstruct the PR campaign to promote the U.S. in the wake of September 11: the State Department's hiring of ad exec Charlotte Beers ("the queen of Madison Avenue") to direct the campaign; how PR execs and lobbyists helped construct the government's anti-Iraq message; the administration's alleged misinformation and distortion of facts and reliance on rumor to influence public opinion. Anyone skeptical of the reasons for the war against Iraq will find their suspicions enhanced here.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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whoYaCallinAlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 04:20 PM
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1. DLC should buy the first printing and distribute for free to the
moderate surburban swing voters they so cherish.
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qb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 04:28 PM
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2. Just don't get caught reading it in a red state coffee shop! nt
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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 04:41 PM
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4. Red State coffee shop - Bring it On
I'm well-trained in armed and unarmed self-defense - verbal and physical. :evilgrin:
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Samuraimad Donating Member (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 04:30 PM
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3. bought it
but havent started yet.
after i am done with Red Mars i cant decide if i want to read pitt's book or deception. decisions decisions...
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