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Sto caricando le informazioni... Truth and Consequences: Special Comments on the Bush Administration's War on American Valuesdi Keith Olbermann
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This is definitely one of the best books I have read this year. Yes, I know the year is barely getting started. It is a simple book: a compilation of Mr. Olbermann's "Special Commentaries" from his show Countdown. Yet, they reveal a thoughtful man who is at times moving and is clearly passionate. They guy pulls no punches when it comes to making people in the administration accountable. The nice thing about the book, in addition to the commentaries, are the little introductions he adds, which place the commentaries in context and often reveal additional little stories or anecdotes as well. I read a reviewer here suggesting you should look these up on YouTube or a similar place just to hear him speak. I think that is good advice, but I also think people definitely need to read this book. I would wish people who are not just "the choir" would read it as well, maybe wake up. I cannot recommend it enough. P.S. When did GoodReads add the day to the date read feature? I wish that would have been there sooner. Cool. A great series of essay from Keith Olbermann's "Special Comments" section of his television show. They are refutations to the stupid, evil, sly, snide, horrible and utterly ridiculous actions, comments, statements and machinations of the Bush administration. Liberals will enjoy it; Conservatives will condemn it. But the truth contained within it will win out. A great series of essay from Keith Olbermann's "Special Comments" section of his television show. They are refutations to the stupid, evil, sly, snide, horrible and utterly ridiculous actions, comments, statements and machinations of the Bush administration. Liberals will enjoy it; Conservatives will condemn it. But the truth contained within it will win out. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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Short, sharp, and oftentimes shocking, Keith Olbermann's Special Comments have made his nightly MSNBC program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, must-see viewing-and the fastest-growing news show on cable TV. In these segments, Olbermann calls out the perpetrators of mismanagement, brutality, cronyism, and the appalling lack of accountability at the highest levels of the Bush administration. In so doing, Olbermann goes where most of the mainstream media fear to tread-and his rapidly expanding audience eagerly follows. In Truth and Consequences, Olbermann collects the best of his Special Comments, presented here with additional observations and other new material. Whether taking to task the likes of Vice President Dick Cheney and (the thankfully former) Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, who compare critics of the Iraq War to Nazi appeasers, or giving his impassioned perspective on why torture is un-American and what it really means to support our troops, or grilling timid lawmakers who fail to rein in presidential overreach and abuses of executive power, Olbermann's devastatingly blunt (and at times wickedly funny) commentary cuts to the core of the duplicity and cynicism of a government that has lost the ability to distinguish between leading our great nation and ruling it. Naturally, Keith Olbermann's candor and razor-sharp polemic have earned him many detractors and enemies. His antagonists in the media, such as Bill O'Reilly, have mocked him and accused him of rank intolerance. Yes, Keith Olbermann is intolerant-of hypocrisy, demagoguery, fear-mongering, and especially the equation of dissent with treason. In Truth and Consequences, he fights to reclaim for himselfand all Americans the dignity of speaking one's mind and acting on one's conscience. Praise for Keith Olbermann A truth-telling, Bush-bashing accidental liberal hero. -New York The most honest man in news . . . Olbermann clearly relishes his feuds and doesn't seem to worry much about sparking new ones. -Rolling Stone Part Jon Stewart (the funny), Dennis Miller (the erudite and biting sub-references), and] H. L. Mencken (the skewering of power and stupidity in equal doses) as well as crusading journalist . . . Olbermann has emerged as a kind of force of nature. -San Francisco Chronicle Intelligent, well-read, forceful and incisive. -Rocky Mountain News Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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However, while he nails Bush, Cheney, et al on numerous points, he tends to go too far with constant allusions to Fascism, Nazi Germany, etc which really diminishes his argument.
Are we in the final chapter of the worst presidency of the past 100 years? Probably so. Can the demerits of this administration speak for themselves? Yes. Do we need Olberman to point them out with wit and wisdom? Sure. Do we need the overstatements and, with them, the marginalization of readers who would love to hear a progressive voice, but have a distaste for the Michael Moore heavy hand approach? No. We need objective pragmatism that points out the failures and foibles without reaching for the "Fascist" label at every turn.
Methinks he doth protest justly...just with more fervency than is perhaps needed to coerce any fence sitters. As for preaching to the choir, we hear you, Keith. We hear you.
Note: I bet this book plays better than it reads - maybe the book on cd, or Keith's nightly show on MSNBC, are better bets... ( )