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The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media: Decoding Spin and Lies in Mainstream News
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Common Courage Pr
Publication date August 1, 1999
Pages 280
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781567511550
ISBN-10 1567511554
Dimensions 1 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight 0.85 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $29.95
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Discusses forms of media distortion and deception from the use of subtle shadings of words, the use of favorable modifiers, and the instruments of denigration (view table of contents)
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Media critic Norman Solomon has done it again. In this latest collection of columns, he details the most recent excesses and failures of America's self-censoring mainstream media, and brings you the real story on issues like:

*The irony of the Zippergate President preaching abstinence to poor women and putting millions of dollars into "chastity education" programs

*The Orwellian logic behind calling bombings by Third World countries "terrorism," while similar bombings by the US are righteous "strikes against terror"

*"Media Scenes We'd Like to See" -- fantasies as appealing as they are unlikely, which include a vision of Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings donating their fortunes to a trust fund for independent journalism and vowing to tell the truth even it gets them fired.

From the relentless pro-corporate spin of daily news to the media's persistent lack of diversity, Solomon covers it all.

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9781567511550 | details & prices | 280 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Discusses forms of media distortion and deception from the use of subtle shadings of words, the use of favorable modifiers, and the instruments of denigration
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from Common Courage Pr (February 1, 1999)
9781567511543 | details & prices | 280 pages | 5.25 × 7.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Discusses forms of media distortion and deception from the use of subtle shadings of words, the use of favorable modifiers, and the instruments of denigration

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