 | The Way Things Aren't: Rush Limbaugh's Reign of Error : Over 100 Outrageously False and Foolish Statements from America's Most Powerful Radio and TV by FAIR
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.01 An early book from FAIR senior analyst, Steve Rendall.
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 | PR! - A Social History of Spin by Stuart Ewen
Buy new: $17.91 / Used from: $2.49 This book by "Counterspin" guest Ewen exposes the massive PR industry. Its founder, Edward Bernays, was quite clear about how "it is now possible to control and regiment the masses . . . without their knowing it.
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 | The Oh Really? Factor: Unspinning Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly by Peter Hart
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $0.38 Peter Hart is a co-host of FAIR's radio program, "Counterspin," which is aired on over 130 college and community radio stations around the country.
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 | Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media by Jeff Cohen
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $0.49 Jeff Cohen is the founder of FAIR, and has worked in cable news as the producer of the Phil Donahue Show - which was cancelled just prior to the War on Iraq. It's ratings were good, but it wasn't towing the War Party line.
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 | The Wizards of Media Oz: Behind the Curtain of Mainstream News by Norman Solomon
Buy new: $15.95 / Used from: $0.01 Norman Solomon is a longtime associate of FAIR.
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 | War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death by Norman Solomon
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.36 In this book, Solomon focuses his critique upon the "punditocracy."
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 | Extra! - the Newsletter of Fair
Buy new: $21.00 The indispensable journal of FAIR.
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 | The Global Media: The Missionaries of Global Capitalism (Media Studies) by Ed Herman
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $0.74 Herman, who co-wrote "Manufacturing Consent," analyzes the global media and its advocacy for corporatism.
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 | Weapons in Space (Open Media Pamphlet Series) by Karl Grossman
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $0.01 Karl Grossman is a FAIR associate who has been doing a great deal of grassroots media work, including cable access and pamphleteering efforts such as this one.
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 | The Contenders: Hillary, John, Al, Dennis, Barack, et al.
Buy new: $8.32 / Used from: $0.01 FAIR associate Laura Flanders, currently a weekend host on Air America, has raised consciousness on a wide-array of topics. Her most recent book takes us beyond the superficiality of most campaign reporting.
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 | The New Media Monopoly by Ben H. Bagdikian Den Emeritus
Buy new: $16.59 / Used from: $5.50 Bagdikian, an member of FAIR's advisory board, changed the way many see the media with this ground-breaking book.
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 | War, Media, and Propaganda: A Global Perspective
Buy new: $28.59 / Used from: $14.74 |
 | Jackson Browne, the story of a hold out by Rich Wiseman
Buy used from: $42.35 Jackson Browne, a committed activist on many issues, is on the advisory board of FAIR.
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 | Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer by Helen Caldicott
Buy new: $12.44 / Used from: $3.98 FAIR contributor Caldicott has been undercutting the sales pitches of the nuclear industry for decades.
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 | Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Buy used from: $0.01 FAIR contributor Ehrenreich was on bestseller lists for months with this book. FAIR often covers issues related to the struggles of the poor.
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 | Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man by Susan Faludi
Buy new: $13.22 / Used from: $0.05 FAIR board member Faludi explores the roots of the "angry, white male" phenomenon that hosts like Michael Savage exploit.
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 | Savage Lies: The Half-Truths, Distortions and Outright Lies of a Right-Wing Blowhard by Bill Bowman
Buy new: $13.05 / Used from: $6.49 Michael Savage is regularly skewered by FAIR.
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 | Wall Street: How It Works and for Whom by Doug Henwood
Buy used from: $0.01 Henwood, editor of "Dollars & Sense" magazine, contributes his economic analysis to FAIR.
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 | Dolores Huerta, Labor Leader (The Twentieth Century's Most Influential: Hispanics) by Debra A. Miller
Buy new: $32.45 / Used from: $11.99 Labor leader Huerta is on the board of FAIR. It's a shame that U.S. newspapers have "Business" sections, but no "Labor" sections.
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 | Getting a Grip: Clarity, Creativity, and Courage in a World Gone Mad by Frances Moore Lappe
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $3.45 Lappe is another brilliant board member of FAIR.
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 | Selling Anxiety: How the News Media Scare Women by Caryl Rivers
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $2.20 "Counterspin" guests like Rivers enlighten us about how we're being emotionally manipulated as well.
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 | Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism by Katha Pollitt
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $0.01 FAIR contributor Pollitt provides her feminist perspective - Rush Limbaugh would call her a "feminazi." Limbaugh is fortunate he never has to debate the people he mocks.
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 | The Shawshank Redemption (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Buy new: $24.49 / Used from: $2.91 Robbins has been active on many social issues, and is a board member of FAIR.
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 | Thelma & Louise
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $1.95 Sarandon is another dreaded "Hollywood liberal" on the board of FAIR.
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 | Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do by Studs Terkel
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $5.94 Terkel has been a longtime supporter of FAIR.
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 | Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country by William Greider
Buy new: $15.12 / Used from: $3.95 Greider was a recent guest on "Counterspin."
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 | The End of Victory Culture: Cold War America and the Disillusioning of a Generation (Revised Edition with new preface and afterword) by Tom Engelhardt
Buy new: $23.18 / Used from: $19.75 Engelhardt, founder of the excellent "Tom's Dispatch", was recently interviewed on "Counterspin."
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 | Targeting Iran (City Lights Open Media) by David Barsamian
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $2.23 In the midst of the wave of propaganda towards Iran, Ervand Abrahamian has been interviewed by "Counterspin" to provide some insight in the country.
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 | Washington on $10 Million A Day: How Lobbyists Plunder the Nation by Ken Silverstein
Buy used from: $0.99 FAIR contributor Silverstein details U.S. corruption.
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 | Devil's Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam (American Empire Project) by Robert Dreyfuss
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $0.15 While Sean Hannity and Dennis Prager mislead the "easy marks" that comprise their audience, "Counterspin" guests like Dreyfuss share some truth about the violence cultivated by U.S. masters of war.
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 | United States v. George W. Bush et al. by Elizabeth de la Vega
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $0.01 Another "Counterspin" guest who is routinely ignored by the "liberal" media.
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 | Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration by Deepa Fernandes
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $2.50 While immigrant-bashing bigots dominate the airwaves, "Counterspin" offers insight into the oppression of unauthorized human beings.
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 | Confronting Globalization: Economic Integration and Popular Resistance in Mexico
Buy new: $25.95 / Used from: $0.01 Laura Carlsen, who is cited in this book (and writes at americas.irc-online.org), spoke with FAIR about the economic injustices that cause people to leave their home countries.
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 | Baghdad Bulletin: Dispatches on the American Occupation by Mr. David Enders
Buy new: $15.95 / Used from: $1.21 FAIR features "unembedded" journalists.
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 | Just Call Me Mike: A Journey to Actor and Activist by Mike Farrell
Buy new: $18.66 / Used from: $0.01 Farrell is also an activist and a supporter of FAIR.
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 | The War on Choice: The Right-Wing Attack on Women's Rights and How to Fight Back by Gloria Feldt
Buy new: $11.05 / Used from: $0.01 Feldt is an incredibly articulate spokesperson regarding reproductive rights. If authoritarian figures had to face her on their massive media platforms, she could change the national discussion on abortion in an hour.
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 | Propaganda & Control of the Public Mind by Noam Chomsky
Buy new: $15.00 / Used from: $8.22 Chomsky is on the board of FAIR. This lecture provides insight into the elite agenda to control the thought of the general public.
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 | Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cross
Buy new: $12.79 / Used from: $7.25 It's been said that Cobain and Nirvana were planning a fundraiser for FAIR shortly before his suicide.
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 | Fighting for Air: The Battle to Control America's Media by Eric Klinenberg
Buy new: $20.80 / Used from: $0.48 It is a struggle for progressive thought to get much space in the empire's media; but FAIR proves that every now and again, there are victories. These victories can be solidified and advanced when groups like FAIR receive support.
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 | Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy by Jeff Chester
Buy new: $1.29 / Used from: $0.09 FAIR is watching trends in the new media.
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