The No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America
The audience of Fox's top-rated cable news talk show The  O'Reilly Factor and of the bestselling book by the same name  know that this explosive anchor can be articulate, bombastic,  scornful, witty, iconoclastic, passionate, persuasive and  sarcastic ("Can you feel Gary Condit's pain?"). When conducting  interviews, O'Reilly, a two-time Emmy winner with 25 years  reporting experience, delivers tough questions and corrosive  counterpoints. In the No-Spin Zone (originally conceived for his  TV show), "lies are rejected and equivocations are mocked." "All  I ask is for powerful people to respond honestly to the  questions, and if they can't, explain why," says O'Reilly. Here  he excerpts past interviews with various memorable  opponents James Carville (on Bill Clinton), Dr. Laura (on  working mothers), former surgeon general Dr. Joycelyn Elders (on  sex education), Puff Daddy (on rap), Susan Sarandon (on police  brutality), Al Sharpton (on boycotts) and insightfully  introduces each, mulling over the issue or providing background.  To cover TV sleaze and violence, he splices interviews (Steve  Allen, Howdy Doody's Buffalo Bob) into his own terse text. The  same treatment is applied to the death penalty (George W. Bush,  Bianca Jagger), taxes (Mario Cuomo, GAO head David Walker) and  other issues. He saves the best for last Dan Rather on news  stories the media overlooks, prefaced by O'Reilly's own memories  of becoming "a 'dead man walking' at CBS News." (On-sale: Oct.  16) Forecast: O'Reilly's TV ratings continue to rise, and the show's  "No-Spin Zone" title will grab book buyers. With simultaneous CD  and large-print editions, and an e-book due in November, total  sales should be astronomical.Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.