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Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right - Al Franken
Lies & the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair & Balanced Look at the Right
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Al Franken, "one of our savviest satirists" (People), takes on the issues, the politicians, and the pundits in one of the most anticipated books of the year. For the first time since his own classic Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations, Al Franken trains his subversive wit... show more
Al Franken, "one of our savviest satirists" (People), takes on the issues, the politicians, and the pundits in one of the most anticipated books of the year. For the first time since his own classic Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations, Al Franken trains his subversive wit directly on the contemporary political scene. Now, the "master of political humor" (Washington Times) destroys the myth of liberal bias in the media, and exposes how the Right shamelessly tries to deceive the rest of us. No one is spared as Al uses the Right's own words against them. Not the Bush administration and their rhetorical hypocrisy. Not Ann Coulter and her specious screeds. Not the new generation of talk-radio hosts, and not Bill O'Reilly, Roger Ailes, and the entire Fox network. This is the book Al Franken fans have been waiting for (and his foes have been dreading). Timely, provocative, unfailingly honest, and always funny, Lies is sure to become the most talked about book of political humor in 2003 and beyond.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780525947646 (0525947647)
ASIN: 525947647
Publisher: Dutton
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
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Kaethe
Kaethe rated it
4.0 Lies and the Lying Liars Al Franken
It seems the only way to be a liberal partisan is as a humorist. I'd like to think that every book he sold brought Franken closer to the senate. Hey, maybe that means Jon Stewart will run for senate? Library copy
TheBecks
TheBecks rated it
I don't know if I would necessarily call this "fair and balanced" but I get the pun. I will say that this was interesting and I jotted down quite a few things to look into more on my own. I may lean more toward Franken's side of the debate, and I think that he did a heck of a lot more research than,...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it
This very funny but extremely serious book goes after the deliberate falsehoods perpetrated by the right-wing on "liberals."As you may know, the Fox Network went after Franken for trademark infringement because he used the phrase "fair and balanced." The judge threw out the suit as completely ludicr...
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it
I agree with Franken's points, but he doesn't make them very well. I'm not sure we need more vitrolic rhetoric in today's political debate.
The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it
4.0 Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Even though this book is very satirical and funny, there's also a lot of good information here---things I didn't know about certain conservative morons. Also, unlike his less-intelligent detractors, Franken also provides documentation for his claims.
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