Fantasies of the Master Race: Literature, Cinema, and the Colonization of American Indians7 reviews Ward Churchill City Lights Publishers, 2001 ward churchill's second best, this time with improved prose + Fantasies are fiction + Strong Analysis of American Writings I would say this is worth 4 stars, but seeing how one reviewer is bent on giving it the worst possible to make a statement rather than a review, I decided to attempt to neutralize his rating. Churchill's review on cultural myths and cinema tragecomedies that rewrite history to their liking are ...             The Republican Noise Machine : Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy86 reviews David Brock, 2004 An Important and Fascinating Book + A gripping read and an excellent reference work + Great Book -- Explains so much David Brock provides example after example of how the right wingers created a ruthless propaganda machine designed to catapult them into power and keep them there. He speaks with authority on the subject, given his previous "membership" in the machine, involvement with the projects designed to ...             Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business127 reviews Neil Postman Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005 Judge a book by its cover + It's The Today Show-- Starring George Orwell and Aldous Huxley + A Good Deal!! + Disinformation Means Misleading Information--Misplaced, Irrelevant, Fragmented or Superficial + The media is the message again             Bill O'Reilly Versus The Truth: Confronting The Propaganda Of Bill O'Reilly And The Scam Of The "No-Spin" Zone2 reviews Roy Chowthi iUniverse, Inc., 2007 Bill O'Reilly biased? Whoa, whoda thunk it. I don't think there is a sentient being on this planet who doesn't already have O'Reilly pegged. Intelligent people ignore him, his followers don't have the intellectual capacity to discern the gist of his remarks, and just listen to his radio program for the screaming and yellow journalism. Just ...             A Century of Media, a Century of War2 reviews Robin Andersen Peter Lang Publishing, 2006 A Must Read to Better Understand the War in Iraq Media critic Robin Andersen's timely work, A Century of Media, A Century of War, is a must read for those seeking to understand how we were drawn into the war in Iraq. Just how did the Bush Administration and its corporate media allies sell us on successive lies to get us into this war? ...             Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes18 reviews Jacques Ellul Vintage, 1973 Orwell's 1984 = fiction; Ellul's Propaganda = prophecy + Brave New World? + Absolutely brilliant!!! + A classic work that is relevant today + Monumental!             Propaganda & Control of the Public Mind9 reviews Noam Chomsky AK Press, 2000 The best Chomsky lecture on CD + Chomsky nails it again! + Lord of the Flies & 1984 revisited I think I own all of the Chomsky lectures available on CD, and this is by far my favorite. Something about the topic or perhaps the audience he is speaking to results in this lecture being very easy to listen to. Noam starts his discussion off with some basics and cogently builds a tremendously ...             Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture8 reviews Stuart Ewen Basic Books, 2001 A thought provoking analysis of advertising/consumer culture + Indispensable consumer history + Instrumental in broadening prospective + Why are 3rd World nations far less materialistic? Read This.             Pr!: A Social History of Spin20 reviews Stuart Ewen Basic Books, 1996 A book about thought control + Required reading for anyone who wants to understand mass media. + Good book on the subject of PR + read me             Skipping Towards Armageddon: The Politics and Propaganda of the Left Behind Novels and the LaHaye Empire7 reviews Michael Standaert Soft Skull Press, 2006 Unlikely to convince "true believers," but impressive marshalling of facts + Good book, needs a proofreader + Illuminating Racial Bias A very well researched--might even say exhaustively so--work about the incredibly popular Left Behind series. Standaert delivers an impressive analysis of the dispensationalist, fundamentalist mentality that pervades this book and so much of modern popular Christian culture. He does a great job of ...             Adbusters22 reviews Media Foundation Postcards Cut From a Tree Called "Thought" + A challenge to re-think your world without being extremist + Stunning.. + The only magazine you need             News Incorporated: Corporate Media Ownership And Its Threat To Democracy2 reviews Prometheus Books, 2005 A must for the democratically minded + Dangers in how the news delivery system is structured Elliot Cohen's new book, News Incorporated, is an extremely valuable contribution to contemporary discussions about the failure of the American media to promote American interests. The book is scholarly, but accessible; it is provocative but suitably practical. If you want to understand what's ...             Why I Stopped Listening to Rush: Confessions of a Recovering Neocon3 reviews David Alan Black PublishAmerica, 2004 Injecting Neoconservatives With a Fatal Dose of Reality + Better late than never -This book is about common sense and hope. While it addresses social and political issues, it is first and foremost a book about the practical issues we all deal with on a daily basis. It is a book about the dramatic changes taking place in our society and the signs of a visible shift of thinking ...             What Liberal Media?: The Truth about Bias and the News258 reviews Eric Alterman Basic Books, 2004 You are as liberal as the man who owns you + Flawed, But Good + Don't believe the conservative talking points! One Republican troll who probably did not read the book said, "First off, In a recent poll, over 90% of the news correspondents in Washington, DC said they voted Democrat.". But there is a problem. The corporations that own the media outlets where these reporters work sympathize for the ...             Bleeding Afghanistan: Washington, Warlords, and the Propaganda of Silence (Open Media)8 reviews Sonali Kolhatkar, James Ingalls Seven Stories Press, 2006 Afghan suffering The book raises important moral and ethical problems for US supporting fundamentalists in the fight against communism during the cold war, and later using the same fractions for fighting the Taliban. The authors' good knowledge on what's going on in Afghanistan shows how the civilian population has ...             Hey Kidz! Buy This Book: A Radical Primer on Corporate and Governmental Propaganda and Artistic Activism for ...2 reviews Anne Elizabeth Moore Soft Skull Press/Red Rattle Books, 2004 Top notch! + Great Book for Children Thank you, Anne Elizabeth Moore, for caring enough to write this irreverent and excellent book.             The Future of Media: Resistance and Reform in the 21st Century1 review Seven Stories Press, 2005 Forward Media Democracy There is a simmering undercurrent of media activism brewing out there amongst the public. Plenty of regular folks are getting fed up with the corporate consolidation of media outlets, with the resulting sameness of content, the relentless advertising and push for profitability, and the ...             Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky and the Media78 reviews William F. Buckley, Noam Chomsky Zeitgeist Films, 2002 The movie that has become a movement. + talk about "must see" + If Only Everyone in America Would See This Film This is more than a film, "Manufacturing Consent" has long been a tool of peace workers who wanted to inform others of the shameful U.S. policies toward countries like East Timor. This film's segment regarding the U.S. support of Indonesia's invasion of East Timor was used to raise awareness and ...             Peace Propaganda & the Promised Land: U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict! Media Education ...3 reviews Media Education Foundation, 2004 Excellent, a must see + Excellent , Eye Opening, Disturbing + Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land This is a must see documentary, an essential for anyone who is interrested in knowing about the Israeli Palestinian issues. What this production offers is information and facts that will never be shown on our corporate media outlets; the brutal Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian people ...             Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media7 reviews Jeff Cohen Polipoint Press, 2006 Review: Cable News Confidenial + Begins to explain the horse race politics has become + Cohen explains my frustrations well + Great book! + Interesting read