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jsisco's review against another edition
3.0
The overwhelming redundancy is grating, as he repeats himself throughout the text with the same rather obvious points. If it weren't for the brief and rare flashes of brilliance in the analysis, I would have easily given this a two (or one) star rating. Greenwald could definitely use a thesaurus, too - he used "effete" at least forty or fifty times.
argorden's review
3.0
Informative, but very little that's new to anyone who follows Greenwald's blog, or really any left-leaning political commentator. Greenwald's writing style in his books is identical to his style on his blog as well so, as a regular reader of the latter, it's difficult to shake the feeling of simply reading an extremely long blog post when cracking open one of his books. I'd recommend this book as a potential eye-opener to someone who actually buys the myths Greenwald exposes, but as an exercise in preaching to the choir, it's not entertaining or informative enough to be worthwhile, in my opinion, with two exceptions.
The first chapter is a comparison of the iconic figure of John Wayne to the actual man behind the legend. The man, unsurprisingly, doesn't live up to the legend. The final chapter focuses specifically on John McCain, contrasting the accepted media narrative about him with the actual facts of his life, information that should be useful in the months leading up to the 2008 elections.
The first chapter is a comparison of the iconic figure of John Wayne to the actual man behind the legend. The man, unsurprisingly, doesn't live up to the legend. The final chapter focuses specifically on John McCain, contrasting the accepted media narrative about him with the actual facts of his life, information that should be useful in the months leading up to the 2008 elections.
snowlilly's review
4.0
I liked this book.. It seemed more readable than this last one, but towards he did talk about the 08 election. Something that surely fascinated me.
civreader's review
3.0
A good summary of liberal complaints, extensively compiled (resulting in a bit of belabouring). So many issues I have been gnawing at myself, and I share Greenwald's frustration with Liberal leaders and the fecklessness of the "junior high school" mainstream media. Ultimately, though, I think this polemic isn't as strong as others. (e.g. Al Franken, Frank Rich, et al). It feels like an over-stuffed article, with multiple repetitions and extended complaints.
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