Attack poodles, and other media mutants
Subtitle: the looting of the news in a time of terror
By: James Wolcott.
Publisher: Miramax Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Television journalists -- United States -- Anecdotes; Conservatism -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Genres: Anecdotes.
Description: "Beware the attack poodles - like a mutant invasion, they have taken control of America's airwaves and newspapers. Trained to spring at any foe of their radical conservative agenda, these Republican lap dogs dominate the mass media by scoring points with their masters in the White House inner circle, while simultaneously using the sorcerer's art of punditry to advance their conservative point of view." "But there is hope for the rebel forces in Bushistan. With breathtaking clarity and savage wit, Wolcott has turned the tables on the punditocracy, revealing the foibles and hypocrisies of this peculiarly pompous breed, as well as the ignorance and arrogance of the administration it aims to protect. Targeting the big dogs in the poodle parlor - Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Robert Novak, Dennis Miller, Peggy Noonan, and dozens more - his critique is an invaluable lesson in right-wing media manipulation. He dissects the attack poodles' penchant of simplistic combativeness and their muzzling of the media for George Bush during a time of war."--BOOK JACKET.