Static

Government Liars, Media Cheerleaders, and the People Who Fight Back

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Authors& nbsp; Amy and David Goodman& nbsp; follow up their hit The Exception to the Rulers with another call to arms, this time squarely indicting the media for its complicity in keeping those corrupt "rulers"& nbsp; right where they want to be: in power.& nbsp; & nbsp; From corporate pandering to simply turning a blind eye, the American media& nbsp; has abandoned its responsibility to honest public discourse and& nbsp; has turned& nbsp; its back on& nbsp; the First Amendment, & nbsp; bending to the will of corporate giants whose deep pockets fund the power elite, until all that's left is politicized static.& nbsp; & nbsp; Covering timely topics like& nbsp; U.S.-sponsored torture abroad, veterans barely allowed to protest the Iraq war at home, and the outrageous politicization of the Teri Schiavo case, STATIC reveals the painful truth of what happens when a government attempts to misinform and misdirect its citizens by enslaving the media--and the responsibility we all have to demand the truth.& nbsp; Introducing the world to remarkable individuals who have stood up to the regime, the Goodmans remind us that the power to change the state of the media is in our hands--even in this time of international lies, wars for oil, and stolen elections.& nbsp; Their message is a voice in the wilderness of American media static, and as we can tell from the incredible reader response after we published their first book, it's a message that many are eager, in these dark times, to hear.

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  • Media: Paperback Book, 338 pages
  • Publisher: Hyperion Books (Sep. 30th, 2007)
  • ISBN-10: 1401309143
  • ISBN-13: 9781401309145
  • Dimensions: 5.32 x 7.96 x 0.97 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.64 lbs

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    by Christina from New York, NY | Nov 12, 2009

    By:Amy Goodman Total pages:338

    Static by Amy Goodman and her brother david wrote this book about political officials so people would know the lies that some of them are telling us. This shows both democrats and republicans and how they have been telling the world lies. Their mission of writing this book was to go under cover and find out information that no one else knew. they talk about war and about what is really true about what elected officials are saying. From money going to war to officials completing telling us complete lies about their ideas for the future. This book goes in depth with all different officials in politics and tells us the truth. Although it does show both sides these authors do emphasize the democratic party as the better side or the side that has less flaws. They also talk about stories that have been in the news and how true those stories are. The main point of the story is to show people who these elected officials really are and how the people we voted for are doing things for our nation.
    I thought this book was interesting but it was kind of boring at times because some parts feel like they are repeating themselves because many officials had said some false things about the same topics. It was also interesting to see how far people went to get a vote from Americans. I never really thought that these elected officials would lie about what they will do to help us as a nation. I learned that you can't necessarily trust these people involved in politics because they might not always tell the truth and just tell you what you want to hear just to get your vote.



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    by Chris from Vienna, Austria | Feb 22, 2009

    This is the second book by Amy and David Goodman that I have read, though I see that they have a new one out that I will have to get.

    Again, here is reporting the way reporting should be done, by members of a shrinking class of true journalists (I group Greg Palast among this group). This book tackles both corrupt governments and the structure of the media which allows those governments to remain popular... or at least in control. I recommend this book to any fledgling journalist, and all fans of Amy's weekday show 'Democracy Now!', which I consider absolutely essential.



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    by Don from Washington, DC | Apr 24, 2008

    In their new book, Static, the Goodman siblings exercise (quite effectively, again) the power of independent journalism. Their first book, Exception to the Rulers, was a bestseller and an outstanding demonstration of the power of the press and this book picks up where that one left off. Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now has turned into a media phenomenon (nearly 500 outlets), but the book format may be the most effective way for her to get the stories out to the public. The Goodmans are able to tell the stories that get quashed by the mainstream media and paint the full picture of the lies that pass for news. The chapter on Haiti’s Aristide is a perfect example of Goodman journalism. First they expose the government lie (he was overthrown by pro-Democracy forces). Then, they tell the true story (he was actually forced into exile by the US, practically kidnapped). Finally, they are able to give a first-hand account to fill in the details. In this case, Ms. Goodman was actually on the plane that brought Aristide back into the western hemisphere from his US forced exile in Africa. Two-thirds of the book will make the reader angry (and it should), but the final third is about people that fight back, giving us hope and inspiring us to do the same.



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    by Colin from San Francisco, CA | Jun 5, 2007

    Scary, and totally unsurprising. I liked the structure of the book: It outlined different ways the bush administration and corporations manipulate the media, covered the network of secret prisions and torture policies of the US, then ended with profiles and accounts of different activists and media disruption events. (Does anyone remember ACT-UP interrupting the studio broadcast of CBS Evening News with Dan Rather at the start of the Gulf War in 1991 by popping in front of him on camera and shouting "Fight AIDS Not Arabs?" Wish I did.) My main criticism of the book is its writing style. The Goodmans use an over-the-top rhetorical style that I think detracts from the extremely important contents of the book. For example, the refer to bush cronies "prostituting themselves" for power. It seems like the style is trying to be dramatic and make people angry, but I think it's overkill--the bush administrations actions speak for themselves, and the audience for the book is probably already mad.



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    by John from The United States | Sep 23, 2009

    Entertaining and informative-but any book that portrays the Blank Panthers and SDS as peacful movements that were targeted by the government for no reason...........well that is plain wrong. There were a group of people that split from SDS and formed a terrorist group that bombed government officers and police stations-the buildings were empty and there were no deaths but does that excuse it? They also suggest that PETA is peaceful as well. I do agree that most of the mainstream media is deficent and or worthless but as with any ultra liberal book they rarely look at themselves.



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