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Synopsis
Former Saturday Night Live writer and popular radio host Al Franken directs his satiric skills at two large targets: the George W. Bush administration and the right-wing media embodied by Ann Coulter, Bill O'Reilly, and others. While Franken is as outrageous here as he was in his previous RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A BIG FAT IDIOT AND OTHER OBSERVATIONS, he is scrupulous about getting his facts straight and his quotes verbatim. He was taken very seriously by Fox News Channel which initiated a lawsuit just prior to publication, claiming copyright infringement because his subtitle borrows their "fair and balanced" phrase. The judge in the case declared the suit to be wholly without merit, and Fox News subsequently dropped its suit.
| Size | | Length: | 421 pages | | Height: | 8.5 in | | Width: | 5.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.0 in | | Weight: | 14.4 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Asking whether there is a liberal or conservative bias to the mainstream media is a little like asking whether al Qaeda uses too much oil in their hummus. The problem with al Qaeda is that they're trying to kill us."
Industry Reviews
"[T]he book is funny."
New York Daily News - Sheryl Connelly (08/24/2003)
"The former 'Saturday Night Live' comic knows how to deliver a punch line along with a punch, as is evident in his new book....The book's tone careens between serious analysis and playground taunts."
Washington Post - Howard Kurtz (08/28/2003)
"In the kicking, spitting spirit of current all-star political discourse, Al Franken gives as good as he gets....Name calling, fact molding, gotcha!: all figure prominently in Mr. Franken's instant best seller LIES, just as they do in most of the books that LIES attacks. Whatever their partisanship, these sporting diatribes share two underlying attitudes: 'What gray area?' and 'It's all about me.'"
New York Times - Janet Maslin (09/02/2003)
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