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The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work by Bel?n Fern?ndez (English) Pap
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- Condition
- ISBN-13
- 9781844677498
- Type
- NA
- Publication Name
- NA
- ISBN
- 9781844677498
- Book Title
- Imperial Messenger : Thomas Friedman at Work
- Book Series
- Counterblasts Ser.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Item Length
- 7.7 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Journalism, American / General
- Item Weight
- 9.6 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Verso Books
ISBN-10
1844677494
ISBN-13
9781844677498
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109093884
Product Key Features
Book Title
Imperial Messenger : Thomas Friedman at Work
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Journalism, American / General
Genre
Literary Criticism, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
Counterblasts Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.6 Oz
Item Length
7.7 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
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Reviews
'eoeA long overdue takedown of a dangerous fraud. Fernández deserves great credit for having the stomach to digest all of Friedman'e(tm)s oeuvre and for her witty, fact-based and ruthless deconstruction of all his contradictions, incoherence, jingoism and inane aphorisms. You read it and you are amazed how a clown could rise to such dominance in American culture and how such drivel could pass for insight, and what that implies about us. The book is a vaccination that should be given to all college freshmen lest they too get infected, an antidote for those suffering from admiration of Friedman and a palliative remedy for those of us who have had aneurysms in reaction to his every latest bloviation.'e�
Synopsis
The Imperial Messenger reveals the true value of this media darling, a risible writer whose success tells us much about the failures of contemporary journalism. Bel n Fern ndez dissects the Friedman corpus with wit and journalistic savvy to expose newsroom practices that favor macho rhetoric over serious inquiry, a pacified readership over an empowered one, and reductionist analysis over integrity. The Imperial Messenger is polemic at its best, relentless in its attack on this apologist for American empire and passionate in its commitment to justice. About the series Counterblasts is a new Verso series that aims to revive the tradition of polemical writing inaugurated by Puritan and leveller pamphleteers in the seventeenth century, when in the words of one of them, Gerard Winstanley, the old world was "running up like parchment in the fire." From 1640 to 1663, a leading bookseller and publisher, George Thomason, recorded that his collection alone contained over twenty thousand pamphlets. Such polemics reappeared both before and during the French, Russian, Chinese and Cuban revolutions of the last century. In a period of conformity where politicians, media barons and their ideological hirelings rarely challenge the basis of existing society, it's time to revive the tradition. Verso's Counterblasts will challenge the apologists of Empire and Capital., Debunking the bluster of New York Times columnist and capitalist apologist Thomas Friedman, as part of Verso'e(tm)s new 'eoeCounterblasts'e� series., The Imperial Messenger reveals the true value of this media darling, a risible writer whose success tells us much about the failures of contemporary journalism. Belén Fernández dissects the Friedman corpus with wit and journalistic savvy to expose newsroom practices that favor macho rhetoric over serious inquiry, a pacified readership over an empowered one, and reductionist analysis over integrity. The Imperial Messenger is polemic at its best, relentless in its attack on this apologist for American empire and passionate in its commitment to justice. About the series : Counterblasts is a new Verso series that aims to revive the tradition of polemical writing inaugurated by Puritan and leveller pamphleteers in the seventeenth century, when in the words of one of them, Gerard Winstanley, the old world was "running up like parchment in the fire." From 1640 to 1663, a leading bookseller and publisher, George Thomason, recorded that his collection alone contained over twenty thousand pamphlets. Such polemics reappeared both before and during the French, Russian, Chinese and Cuban revolutions of the last century. In a period of conformity where politicians, media barons and their ideological hirelings rarely challenge the basis of existing society, it's time to revive the tradition. Verso's Counterblasts will challenge the apologists of Empire and Capital.
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PN4874
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