Rating:  Summary: Pure Drivel! Review: A waste of ink, paper and shelf space. An anything but fair and balanced look that is full of nothing more than useless drivel. This book shamelessly panders to the bitter, hardcore, far left. Who cares what the politically correct celebrity nation thinks. Formulate your own opinion! There are many more insightful tomes out there from knowledgable political anylists on the left and right. Don't waste your money or your time on this garbage.
Rating:  Summary: A Breath of Fresh Air Review: A witty and poignant answer to the extreme right wing propoganda of people like Coulter, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, and Hannity. Franken's sense of humor is what makes him so much more palatable than the aforementioned ranters and ravers. When he gets into some name calling he descends to their level, but for the most part the book is brilliant, funny, and fun to read.
Rating:  Summary: Pay no attention to the last few biased reviews Review: A wonderful, hopeful book. Funny and apparently carefully researched. If you're going to refute this book, you have to deal with the facts it spells out leading to the title conclusion.
Rating:  Summary: Required remedial reading for ditto heads Review: A wonderful, witty book that exposes the right wing media for what it is.
Rating:  Summary: Franken Has Gone Over the Edge Review: A.F. does not represent the left any better than O.J. represented African Americans. Don't waste your time reading his inane (or should I say insane) banter.
Rating:  Summary: Must read for those frustrated with lackluster media Review: A.F. once again does a great job of using people's own words against them to expose their true colors. Most of the book is what I would call humor laced with anger and a touch of indignation. Franken essentially confirms what intelligent people already know: That FOX is a conservative propaganda machine, and Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are just caricatures of the network. What I found most disturbing are the accounts of Ann Coulture's and Karl Rove's work. Conservatives, liberals and everyone in between should read this book, if for no other reason, to understand what these two people stand for and represent. No Republican or Democrat should want either of these scumbags on board with their cause. Again, even if you are a conservative you should give this book a try. It will probably make you angry, but it will make you think - especially in terms of how the media as a whole operates. Franken's criticism of the media's laziness, love of negativity and sensationalism is very thought-provoking. I finished this book with a more clear sense of just how overtly the media insults the intelligence of the American public. Franken can be heavy handed and biased, but he always backs it up with facts - something Ann Coulture does not feel any obligation to do for her readers.
Rating:  Summary: TERRIFIC BOOK--AND FINALLY SOME TRUTH... Review: about this miserable administration and the buffoon at the top. Also these pompous asses like limbaugh and O'reilly. Just because they have the forum doesn't make their opinions any more important than when they were spouting them off drunk at the bar. Thanks Al Franken for having the guts to expose the hypocrisy and lies of the right-wing. It's about time someone spoke up! That idiot bush has to go...I'll probably be visited now by the "department of homeland security".....
Rating:  Summary: TERRIFIC BOOK--AND FINALLY SOME TRUTH... Review: about this miserable administration and the buffoon at the top. Also these pompous asses like Limberger and O'Splotchy. Just because they have the forum doesn't mean they're opinions are any more important that when they were standing and spouting them off at the end of the bar. Thanks Al Franken for having the guts to expose the hypocrisy and lies of the right-wing. It's about time some one spoke up! That idiot bush needs to go...
Rating:  Summary: Finally a good response from the left Review: About time somebody pointed out the hyprocriscy on the right.
Rating:  Summary: So funny Review: About time! Why is it that Rush, Coulter, and O'Reilly can spew vicious lies about the left, and liberal remains a dirty word? Franken does nothing the right wing hasn't done, except he's done it better, more accurately, and in a very hilarous way.
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