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Summary: Factual
Review: Factual. As anyone who reads this book will know almost every line in this book has been researched to death. As well the fact that it's obviously written with an unveiled bias and overtly apparent agenda, the facts have all been researched without tricky manipulations, distorts, mis-quotes or any of the multiple distortians many political writers use to make their points, valid or not.
Highly entertaining. Fun read whether you hate him or love him.
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Summary: Finally, someone is telling it like it is!
Review: Fair & Balanced! Fox News sued over that line. The claimed this book blurred the line. Well, to be fair, if anyone knows about blurring the line, it would be Fox News!
This book exposes Coutler, Hannity & O'Reilly for the liars that they are (not to mention Cheney & Bush). O'Reilly (or anyone else in this book) has yet to respond to Franken's actually statements about their lies. Sure, they moan about the "name calling," but not one has said Franken is inaccurate. I've never seen O'Reilly so scared. It's a AMAZING!
The Hannity story is a riot too! So much of this book is filled with great facts. When will people finally figure out what Fox News is really up to??
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Summary: Fair and Balanced?
Review: Fair and balanced by Al Franken? The obivious reason you see this in the title was said by Al Franken himself to be a stab at Fox News. However, it is really Al's way of trying to trick readers into thinking he is somehow fair and unbiased, despite the fact his values are about as left as you can go before being on the right. There is no doubt Al Franken has a cute ablity to twist facts and bits and pieces of information into mindless meanderings in a rather talented way. Give him credit. However, my critism of Al Franken is the same I said of Ann Coulter. Simply, they lose their arguement by jumping into playground name calling. Al Franken is a smart guy who happens to be a very negative in his views of the world. I ended up being glad I don't think like Al or even Ann. God how horrible the world must be to these folks. The biggest difference between Al and Ann is the truth behind their facts. Ann does a good job in backing up her facts even though she underminds her arugments with a biting wit that appeals to conservatives but, loses its point. Al on the other hand twists the facts to make his point which finally resembles something other than the original truth. Its a funny thing about modern leftest liberals. They seem to make up the facts as they go, to try and prove what they believe which is Republicans and Conservatives are evil minded people bent on world domination by destorying the helpless poor. In the end, I gave this book 2 starts instead of one, because its actually kinda funny, in a sad sort of way. If Al actually lightened up a little and find some positive meaning in life and leave the playground, he might actually write something that does not undermind his arguement. Then again, his book wouldn't be the same. Maybe thats the point?
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Summary: non-fiction?
Review: Fair and balanced? This is far from nonfiction. Rates more up there with Michael Moore saying the president went awol. He should be added to the list of Lying Liars. If you want nonsense ask a first grader about politics and you'll find out more than the disinformation in this book.
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Summary: What a horrible book!
Review: Fair and balanced? Whatever! Franken's views are bizarre and surprisingly unsubstantiated. Please don't waste your well-earned cash on buying this.
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Summary: Sure he's biased, but he does his homework
Review: Fans of Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly and Bernie Goldberg NEED to read this book instead of simply dismissing it as a "smear book" (that's how they refer to it on The Factor---I guess they don't want to aid his sales by saying the name). If I were a fan of any of them, I'd like to think that I admired their points of view because it was based on fact, not lies and distortions. This book points out where these people are often wrong. One of my favorites was reading Ann Coulter's attack on the New York Times for failing to mention Dale Earnhard's death. Franken reproduces the front page of the NYT from the day after he died where, suprise!, there's an article about his life and death. It's blatant lies like that that make me wonder why people engage in intellectual dishonesty. Why not base your opinion on fact instead of distortions?
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Summary: Count on Al Franken
Review: Few people can make you laugh (hysterically) and inform you at the same time, This book does not disappoint, I laughed from cover to cover (although sometimes wanting to cry thinking about how Bush and his gang get away with as much as they do....and that people actually find fox news entertaining). Al Franken is a true genius....and he actually checks his facts..what a concept.
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Summary: Says the truth about fascist right wingers
Review: Finally a book that speaks the truth!! Although franken never says anything that i didnt already know about the fascist GOP, this will awaken those whose minds are still in the gutter. If you're sick of the fascism going on in america this book is for you.
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Summary: It's about time!
Review: Finally liberals have a champion wordsmith to voice the mounting frustration built from the pile of distortions and outright lies of radical Republicans gone amok. Franken has taken great pains to carefully document his source material for each claim and counterclaim. His intent is solid. Let's get the facts straight. Shine some light into the murky, slimy darkness of hate media.
It is telling that opponents are unable to dispute a single fact in the book. Attacks on the book drop to the lowest form of character assasination. The volume of screaming coming from his targets demonstrates how precisely he has truly hit them where it hurts.
This is a must read for the Liberal Democrats everywhere. It might just begin to stiffen their backbones for the coming political season. Way to go Al!
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Summary: Finally!
Review: Finally someone has enough nuts to stand up and say that the emperor and his minions have no clothes. Thanks, Al, for taking the time to do the research that the right-wing media is either too lazy, too stupid or too devious to do. The touching chapter on the reporting of Paul Wellstone's memorial alone is enough to show just how shallow and uninformed the media is, and how those who purport to care about truth are perfectly willing to distort the truth for their own gains.
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