Untruth
Subtitle: why the conventional wisdom is (almost always) wrong
By: Robert J. Samuelson
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Public opinion -- United States; Common fallacies -- United States; Propaganda -- United States; Press and propaganda -- United States; Mass media and public opinion -- United States; Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States; Politics and culture -- United States; Communication in politics -- United States; National characteristics in mass media -- United States; National characteristics -- Political aspects -- United States; Democracy -- United States
Other titles: Why the conventional wisdom is (almost always) wrong
Description: "[C]olumnist Robert J. Samuelson explains why our political, economic, and cultural debates so routinely traffic in misinformation--popular fads that, like meteors, momentarily burn brightly and fizzle out...Untruth is the first collection of Samuelson's insightful assaults on the conventional wisdom.  Included are columns arguing that campaign contributions have not corrupted politics, that the 'service economy' is not turning America into a nation of hamburger flippers, and that the Internet isn't the most important invention since the printing press" -- back cover
Notes: "AtRandom.com" -- t.p

Includes bibliographical references