{"product_id":"9781888451801","title":"Misstating the State of the Union: Right-Wing Media Distortions about the Clinton and Bush Presidencies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMisstating the State of the Union\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a simple truth that the media too often obscures: By every objective measure, the Clinton presidency was far better for America than the Bush presidency. Yet an army of conservative pundits have conspired to lie to the public about both the Clinton and Bush records, denying the proven success of progressive policies and leadership while shamelessly covering up abject conservative failures. This book dissects the conservative misinformation campaign to distort and discredit the progressive agenda point by point, while unmasking the dark ideological agenda and rank dishonesty behind all the cable TV and radio hot air.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Rush Limbaugh’s claim that the federal government spends three times as much on education as defense (the truth: the government spends five times as much on defense as on education) to Sean Hannity’s dismissal of air quality concerns to Ann Coulter’s attacks on the elderly, this book clearly and concisely refutes many of the most dangerous right-wing lies in circulation in this political year, using sound logic, incontrovertible fact and illustrative charts and graphs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eMisstating the State of the Union\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book produced by Media Matters Action Network, the advocacy organization associated with Media Matters for America, a new nonprofit web-based media research center in Washington, DC, that monitors, analyzes and corrects conservative misinformation in the US media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Brock\u003c\/i\u003e , a writer in Washington, DC, is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers \u003ci\u003eBlinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Republican Noise Machine: Right-Wing Media and How It Corrupts Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e . He has written for \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e , \u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e and the op-ed pages of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e . He appears regularly on television talk shows, and his work has been featured on Air America and National Public Radio. He is the founder of Media Matters for America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019300684016,"sku":"9781888451801","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781888451801_p0.jpg?v=1763606639","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781888451801","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}