Submitted by Sheldon Rampton on
Bookstore display tables give the distinct impression there is a lot of lying going on in America these days, with President George W. Bush and his top advisers portrayed as the main culprits. Bestsellers include The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception, by David Corn; Big Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts the Truth, by Joe Conason; Bushwhacked, by Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose; Thieves in High Places, by Jim Hightower; The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, by Greg Palast; Paul Krugman's The Great Unravelling; Michael Moore's Dude, Where's My Country?; and, of course, Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. Oh, yeah ... almost forgot one: Weapons of Mass Deception, by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber.
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