An examination of the increasing influence of journalistic pundits on the American political system offers an historical overview of punditry, from Walter Lippman to the pundits at work in the Bush era. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo.

Sound and Fury: The Washington Punditocracy and the Collapse of American Politics

Politics & Social Sciences

Alterman, Eric

Social Sciences

Harpercollins

Perennial

A critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush reveals how his administration has used half-truths, distortions, and other deceptions to mislead Americans, resulting in failed policies and damaged foreign relations.

The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America

Biographies & Memoirs

Green, Mark J.

Leaders & Notable People

Penguin??Books

At a time when most Americans assume that their presidents lie to them, no book could be more essential than bestselling author Eric AltermanÂ's devastating analysis of the costs of executive duplicity. One of the best-known left-of-center journalist-historians in America, Alterman argues that those costs are not merely moral but practical. As examples, he uses four key lies told by presidents in the postwar era. From FDR at Yalta to LBJ in Vietnam, and from JFK in Cuba to Ronald Reagan in Central America, Alterman shows how attempts to mislead the American people ended up haunting their authors and dooming the very policies they were meant to advance. Closing with an examination of the Bush deceptions in Iraq, When Presidents Lie is history at its most compelling.

When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences

History

Americas

The bestselling author and Newsweek columnist takes a characteristically irreverent look at the rampant mistreatment of liberals and liberalism The "most honest and incisive media critic writing today"(National Catholic Reporter), Eric Alterman is committed to restoring the liberal tradition to its honored place as the political philosophy of mainstream American citizens. In this bracing and well-documented counterattack on right- wing spin and misinformation, Alterman briskly disposes of the canards and false definitions that have been foisted upon liberals by the right and have been accepted unquestioningly by nearly everyone else. The perfect post-election book for all those who are ready to fight back against the conservative mudslinging machine and reclaim their voices in the political process, Why We're Liberals brings clarity and perspective to the possibility of a new day in America.

Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals

Politics & Government

Penguin Publishing Group

A major history of American liberalism and the key personalities behind the movementWhy is it that nearly every liberal initiative since the end of the New Deal—whether busing, urban development, affirmative action, welfare, gun control, or Roe v. Wade—has fallen victim to its grand aspirations, often exacerbating the very problem it seeks to solve? In this groundbreaking work, the first full treatment of modern liberalism in the United States, bestselling journalist and historian Eric Alterman together with Kevin Mattson present a comprehensive history of this proud, yet frequently maligned tradition. In The Cause, we meet the politicians, preachers, intellectuals, artists, and activists—from Eleanor Roosevelt to Barack Obama, Adlai Stevenson to Hubert Humphrey, and Billie Holiday to Bruce Springsteen—who have battled for the heart and soul of the nation.

The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama

Examines the life and times of rock star Bruce Springsteen from his early days living above an Asbury Park beauty parlor to his recent E Street Band reunion tour

It Ain't No Sin to Be Glad You're Alive : The Promise of Bruce Springsteen

Arts & Literature

Little,Brown & Co

Bruce Springsteen, The Boos, is an authentic American hero. Eric Alterman investigates the man, his music and his audience.

It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen

Humor & Entertainment

Back Bay Books

The question of whose interests the media protectsand howhas achieved holy-grail-like significance. Is media bias keeping us from getting the whole story? If so, who is at fault? Is it the liberals who are purported to be running the newsrooms, television and radio stations of this country, duping an unsuspecting public into mistaking their party line for news? Or is it the conservatives who have identified media bias as a reliably inflammatory rallying cry around which to consolidate their political base as they cynically work the refs?” The media has become so pervasive in our lives that regardless of exactly where on the ideological fence you sit, the question of media bias has become all but unavoidable.Most of the criticism (and anger) has so far emanated from the political Right, which has offered us the rather unconvincing argument that a systematic Left bias is destroying the quality of news and debate in our country today. Journalist and historian Eric Alterman begs to differ. What Liberal Media? confronts the question of liberal bias and, in so doing, provides a sharp and utterly convincing assessment of the realities of political bias in the news. In distinct contrast to the conclusions reached by Ann Coulter, Bernard Goldberg, Sean Hannity, and Bill O'Reilly, Alterman finds the media to be, on the whole, far more conservative than liberal, though it is possible to find evidence for both views. The fact that conservatives howl so much louder and more effectively than liberals is one significant reason that big media is always on its guard for liberal” bias but gives conservative bias a free pass. After reading What Liberal Media? you will understand that the real news story of recent years is not whether this newspaper, or that news anchor, is biased but rather to what extent the entire news industry is organized to communicate conservative views and push our politics to the rightregardless of how liberal” any given reporter may be.

What Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias and the News

World

Basic Books

Widely acclaimed and hotly contested, veteran journalist Eric Alterman's ambitious investigation into the true nature of the U.S. news media touched a nerve and sparked debate across the country. As the question of whose interests the media protects-and how-continues to raise hackles, Alterman's sharp, utterly convincing assessment cuts through the cloud of inflammatory rhetoric, settling the question of liberal bias in the news once and for all. Eye-opening, witty, and thoroughly and solidly researched, What Liberal Media? is required reading for media watchers, and anyone concerned about the potentially dangerous consequences for the future of democracy in America.

What Liberal Media?: The Truth about Bias and the News

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Books by Alterman, Eric

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Sound and Fury: The Washington Punditocracy and the Collapse of American Politics

Sound and Fury: The Washington Punditocracy and the Collapse of American Politics

The Book on Bush: How George W. (Mis)leads America

When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences

Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals

The Cause: The Fight for American Liberalism from Franklin Roosevelt to Barack Obama

It Ain't No Sin to Be Glad You're Alive : The Promise of Bruce Springsteen

It Ain't No Sin To Be Glad You're Alive: The Promise of Bruce Springsteen

What Liberal Media?: The Truth About Bias and the News

What Liberal Media?: The Truth about Bias and the News