Bloodthirsty bitches and pious pimps of power
Subtitle: the rise and risks of the new conservative hate culture
By: Gerry Spence.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
Subjects: Television personalities -- United States -- Biography; Radio personalities -- United States -- Biography; Television talk shows -- United States; Radio talk shows -- United States; Conservatism -- United States; Hate -- Political aspects -- United States; Bullying -- Political aspects -- United States; Propaganda, American; Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Genres: Biography.
Description: A blistering riposte to and expose of the right-wing media demagogues and their methods: Ann Coulter. Laura Ingraham. Nancy Grace. Bill O'Reilly. Sean Hannity. Pat Robertson. Their faces and voices are ubiquitous: the shrill shrieks and strident bellowings that drown out all debate and set every listener on edge, using God's and Jesus's names to justify oppression and ignorance, and spread falsehoods as if they were facts. They occupy the bully pulpit of the new American hate culture: the television and radio programs watched and heard by millions of people that shape the opinions and set the agendas of churches, school boards, political action groups, and ultimately those we have elected to represent all of us.

Gerry Spence takes dead aim at the media demagogues who wield their power with such virulent effect. Using the full force of his own rhetorical skill--developed through decades as a legendary defense attorney--Spence exposes the people behind the words, and carves their arguments with the rough edge of his tongue. Anyone who has had it up to here will cheer to see these bullies met and conquered on their own turf.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments; title: A beginning thought; title: 1. Hate sells : meet its prime-time peddler, Nancy Grace; title: 2. The queen of hate : Ann Coulter; title: 3. Hate, the road to power, and the Elitists of Laura Ingraham; title: 4. For I have sinned : the saga of Bill O'Reilly; title: 5. Hate, hypocrisy, and the pimps of power; title: 6. The noxious garden : the cultivation of hate of in America; title: 7. Freedom of speech : the unheard voices of people; title: 8. The ghost of Goebbels, propaganda, and the rock-hard right; title: 9. Hate for the love of Christ : Pat Robertson and the Christian Right; title: 10. Kill all the lawyers : the rise of the new king; title: 11. Hate and the new American slavery; title: 12. The rise of the Fourth Reich : entrance to Hell; title: 13. The end of hate : return to the garden; title: Afterthought; title: Notes