{"product_id":"9781621570806","title":"Spin Masters: How the Media Ignored the Real News and Helped Reelect Barack Obama","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe biggest story of the election was how the media ignored the biggest story of the election.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid all the breathless coverage of a non-existent War on Women, there was little or no coverage of Obama’s war on the economy—how, for instance, part-time work is replacing full-time work; how low-wage jobs are replacing high-wage ones; how for Americans between the ages of 25 and 54 there are fewer jobs today than there were when the recession officially ended in 2009, and fewer, in fact, than at any time since mid-1997.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe downsizing of the American economy wasn’t the only story the media missed—or suppressed—there was also the unraveling of Obama's foreign policy and the deadly scandals at home (Fast \u0026amp; Furious) and abroad (the terrorist attack that killed the American ambassador at Benghazi).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut instead of serious, substantive journalism, the media reported ad nauseam on trifles (Big Bird), Republican-baiting hysteria (how everything the Republicans said was allegedly “racial code”), and distortions of Romney’s remarks (such as the 47% comment). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe media dropped the ball in covering the 2012 election, writes David Freddoso, editorial page editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e , and in doing so the media failed in their responsibility to keep politicians honest and the public well-informed. Freddoso, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author and former congressional reporter for \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e , fills this volume not only with outrageous examples of media bias, but also with dozens of real stories that genuinely inquisitive reporters should have relished but that the overwhelmingly liberal press didn't even bother to cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull of the news you didn’t hear about in 2012, David Freddoso’s \u003ci\u003eSpin: How the Media Ignored the Real News and Helped Reelect Barack Obama\u003c\/i\u003e will be the most provocative and accurate take of just how Barack Obama managed to get reelected amidst the worst economic times since at least the 1970s, and how the media helped him do it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Regnery Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031700881648,"sku":"9781621570806","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781621570806_p0.jpg?v=1763859690","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781621570806","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}