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Summary: A Must Read
Review: This is a must read for all US voters before the 2004 elections. I laughed at Franken's sophisticated humor, but more importantly, I was made very, very angry at the shameless behavior of the Right in the American media as exposed by this well-researched book. Go Al!!!
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Summary: He checks his facts better than the others do
Review: This is a really good book.While I do not agree with everything he states I do like the fact that his people have checked their facts and sources better than the people he attacks in the book. I like where he goes back and gets articles, quotes and dates to prove his point. Example when Ann Coulter claims that the NY times didn't write about the death of Dale Earnheart, Al Franken proved her wrong by presenting the front page of the NY times to prove her wrong. What I also like is that he gives you dteail in his sources, he tells you what pages in Ann's book to look at and what date the NY times article. For a book that is supposed to be comedic, he sure goes into a lot of detail which I like.
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Summary: Funny and Informative
Review: This is a revealing and frequently hilarious look at the right wing media's growing propensity for deliberately spreading lies and misinformation to the public. Acclaimed satirist Al Franken presents his facts about truly odious rabble rousers like Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity and many others in a remarkably well documented fashion, complete with irrefutable sources and copious end notes. The despicable and often defamatory falsehoods spewed forth by conservative pundits are fully detailed with Franken's patented comedic zest which, while undoubtedly entertaining, does little to alleviate the actual horror of what such repellent and irresponsible behavior has done to hurt our country. If you have an open mind, you owe it yourself to read this extraordinarily funny and eye opening book.
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Summary: There is so much better...
Review: This is a simple pass. It was a general waste of time, rehashing the same material. There are other new works far better, with less rhetoric. Pass.
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Summary: Read It!
Review: This is a truly well written, insightful and humorous book. It's sad that people "review" a book without even reading it -- how helpful; thanks for your opinion. If you read Al's book, there's a couple chapters on people like you. If the "one-star, one liners" had read the book, and have the equivilent of of 12th grade education, they would see that Franken is a very good writer. Hell, I'll admit that Bill Kristol is a good writer, although I don't agree with his veiws. I'm not going to go rip Ann Coulter's book that I haven't read just because she's annoying and looks like a cross between a parakeet and a pony. I'm not going to attack Hannity's "Let Freedom Ring", from watching his show, it's clear he's a moron, but I ACTUALLY HAVEN'T READ IT.
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Summary: Good work, just a few weaknesses
Review: This is a very entertaining read. However there is a serious side to it, and this was best expressed by Mr Franken in the harrowing account of the negligence of the Bush administration in the run-up to 9/11. The picture that he builds is one of hijackers preparing their missions whilst the security services screamed warnings at the top of their lungs. The report that would have been read by the President recommending immediate action to combat terrorism worked slowly up the chain of command and eventually lay on his desk awaiting his return from the longest vacation of any President in 40 years. And then BOOM! That chapter alone was worth the price of the book. I will make one criticism though. Mr Franken does sometimes tend to lower himself to the same level as some of the people that he criticises. Personally, I'm happy enough to hear him call Anne Coulter a 'nutcase,' but in doing so he is only giving the right some more ammunition to throw back at him. Conservatives are fond of complaining about the dreaded liberals resorting to personal invective and claiming that it's a substitute for bankrupt political arguments. By all means satirise and hit the conservatives hard, but don't become one of them in the process. For the record I'm European and my views are slightly right of centre. In American terms that makes me a leftist commie nut. US politics are so far skewed to the right that more work like this is needed to give it a good shunt leftwards.
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Summary: The Truth
Review: This is a very funny book. A lot of people will enjoy it, but a lot of people (who write on-line reviews) will hate it without reading it. One thing that must be said for this book is "This is true. The facts are all verified and[unlike TREASON, Ann Coulter's exercise in literature of the absurd] the footnotes actually do what footnotes are supposed to do." The truth is a little complicated and a little uncomfortable, but it is true. Franken's book manages to be true and very funny, which is a wonderful thing to be.
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Summary: Great! Great! Great!
Review: This is a VERY good book. I love the way Al Franken uses humor to tell the truth. I also think it is great that Al is able to prove that the right-wing is full of liars. It is one thing to accuse someone of lying, but to be able to back it up and to have examples is a definite slap in the face to most of the right-wing conservatives. He brings up so many ideas that I would have never thought of. This book is very entertaining and hard to put down. Even if you are not a Democrat, you should read this book!! The proof is in the writing. Great Book!!
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Summary: Smart, funny critique of right wing media
Review: This is a well-researched humorous, yet fairly direct and scathing rebuttal to the right wing media. Franken convincingly shows what many liberals suspected all along: The "liberal" media has many strong conservative factions, passing themselves off as either moderate or impartial. Franken never hesitates to expose distortions, information taken out of context, and poor research, which Franken more bluntly characterizes as lies. Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and Fox News are targets for this expose', and Franken humorously, yet carefully documents why he claims they lie. Alan Colmes, the left-wing foil to Sean Hannity is even skewered for being too meek and timid. The book is laugh out loud funny in many places, but the material is complex enough to be mind expanding at the same time. It also makes a convincing case that the Clinton administration was far more effective and understanding in dealing with terrorists, while the Busch administration was dismantling the United States defenses against terrorism, until September 11th forced the Busch administration to backtrack. This was a surprising revelation to me, adding additional depth to Franken's critique of the right in general It loses a star for being about 100 pages too long. You should not feel bad about skipping a few of the chapters I didn't find to be funny or added little to the book. This is one of those books where one's opinion of it says more about the person giving the opinion than the book itself. So it should come as no surprise that I'm an unapologetic liberal. Liberals will love this book. Conservatives will probably hate it, but it should make them feel uncomfortable.
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Summary: Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them
Review: This is a well-researched, blatantly biased piece of work that is nevertheless an excellent read. Al Franken is intelligent, funny, angry and extremely articulate, and these qualities are clear in the book. His allegations are well-documented, and, despite the humor, should be taken seriously.
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