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The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them Hardcover – April 14, 2004

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Her comments turned Charlie Rose red in the face. Bill Clinton called her 'hostile, combative, and even disrespectful.' Newt Gingrich said to her, 'You're the kind of reporter I warned my mother about.' Meet Amy Goodman, award-winning journalist and host of the daily hour-long talk show that is a beacon for passionate, critical, and hard-hitting news. On subjects ranging from the deceptions of the George H. W. Bush administration to the corruption of media monopolies and corporate influence over the government, Amy Goodman attacks and exposes the lies and hypocrisy that put democracy at risk. Goodman has traveled the world reporting and speaking out in defense of human rights and offers no apologies for her advocacy. At lectures, rallies, and other public appearances, thousands turn out to hear her speak the truth. Now, in her first book, she offers her no-holds-barred perspective on world events.
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Journalist and radio host Goodman brings her hard-hitting, no-holds-barred brand of reporting to an array of human rights, government accountability and media responsibility issues, and the result is bracing and timely. Goodman isn't about to let anyone slide by with easy explanations, not even then President Clinton when he called in on her daily Pacifica news show. And she is fierce and tireless in her commitment to dig behind official versions of the facts to get to very different stories. Her analysis of Iraq War contracts won by certain key Bush campaign donors will open many eyes, not only with its neat comparison of donation amount with contract value but also with its bold presentation of "Crony Connections." A gadfly's life in these turbulent times is neither restful nor boring, and Goodman's perspective on events like genocidal massacres in East Timor and mainstream coverage of the Jessica Lynch rescue is both important and alarming. Instances in which newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post have published stories based on leaked reports from unnamed government sources only to have to retract the stories later as being unfounded allow Goodman to argue that sophisticated news management techniques of spin, disinformation and controlled access to sources are undermining the reliability of media reporting. How, she asks, could journalists "embedded" with U.S. troops in Iraq be objective reporters of all that was occurring there, and whose interests were being served? These and other provocative questions power Goodman's stirring call for a democratic media serving a democratic society.
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Goodman's high-octane blend of investigative journalism and political activism has been the force behind Pacifica radio's Democracy Now!, earning her praise and vitriol alike (not to mention nearly getting her killed by Indonesians in East Timor). Her first book, coauthored with her brother, David, recounts some of her most hard-hitting confrontations with corporate types and politicos of all persuasions, covering much of the same territory as other anti-Bush books and then some, at a compelling, breathless pace. Her real target, however, is not the oil-defense-politics Establishment, but their enablers, the media, which are cowed less by their corporate owners than by their own capacity for self-censorship in the guise of patriotism. NPR listeners, New York Times readers, you're not off the hook; Goodman is just as frustrated with your news outlets' silence when it comes to dead Iraqi civilians and antiwar viewpoints. Although her suggestions for how, exactly, to infuse media with integrity are perhaps quieter than her condemnations of hypocrisy, Goodman's vision for media's role in society is as vigorous as her confidence in the power of motivated communities. Brendan Driscoll
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 1401301312
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hyperion; 1st edition (April 14, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781401301316
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1401301316
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.05 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.88 x 1.13 x 8.5 inches
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Patricia Kramer
5.0 out of 5 stars Asking the questions that need to be asked.
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2005
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I try to listen to "Democracy Now" 4 days a week on the radio or watch on public access TV. It takes a bit of courage to listen because Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez can be counted on to tell the story that hasn't been told about people who have no voice and that can shake up my soul.

The "Exception to the Rulers" is most critical of the media, both written and over the airwaves and how they are all in the power and access game and play by the rules. Goodman, however, is fearless and takes advantage of any opportunity to stop power in its tracks with the deer in the headlights look and possibly answer a real question while their guard is down.

I learned to enjoy the anticipation of what Amy Goodman would ask as she described being handed opportunites to question Bill Clinton over the phone and appear on the Sally Jesse Raphael Show.

If you have noticed you haven't heard "Imagine" or "Peace Train" or "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on Clear Channel radio stations lately, there is a reason. (150 songs)

"Shortly after 9/11, filmmaker Michael Moore wrote about an e-mail he had received from a radio station manager in Michigan. The manager forwarded Moore a confidential memo from the radio conglomerate that owns his station: Clear Channel. 'The company, Moore wrote,'has ordered its stations not to play a list of 150 songs during this national emergency.....

Rah-rah war songs, though, are OK."... "And then there was this troubling instruction: No songs by Rage Against the Machine should be aired. The entire works of a band are banned? Is this the freedom we fight for? Or does this sound like one of those repressive dictatorships we are told is our new enemy?'"

That is just music, there is so much more we are not allowed to hear or see as we head into another 4 years. Shake off the fog and listen to, watch and read Amy Goodman as she uncovers the lies of the rulers and gives voice to the people.
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Mary E. George
5.0 out of 5 stars No Free Press, No Democracy!
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2004
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The United States is the LAST place people of the world would expect to find PROPAGANDA but that is what's happening in the US, as scary as that sounds. This is a time for the true brave souls like Amy Goodman to come forward and inform us of the truth. Everybody likes the comfort of letting others take care of business, but it's time to start facing the truth about what this country stands for. It's time to help the cause of free speech. What's the real price of oil? What's the real reason we're financing a war in the Middle East? How many innocent people are suffering so we can enjoy insulation from the truth? We are still "A sleeping Giant". Please read this book and wake up to the truth as unpleasant as that is. I want my county back! I have never been an activist, but the time has come to be part of the solution. Thank you Amazon for not censoring comments.
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Cari Corbet-Owen
4.0 out of 5 stars history repeats itself
Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2024
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This book was written just over 20 years ago…. And as I read it i couldn’t help thinking… change the names, dates and sometimes the places and you could write almost EXACTLY the same story today. How sad! With every line that Amy Goodman wrote about the despicable state of our media, i found myself nodding in agreement except for one thing - i believe it’s gotten far worse!
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rainydaysandmondays
5.0 out of 5 stars Amy Goodman Brings Us Democracy NOW!
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2004
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Amy Goodman attacks and exposes the lies and hypocrisy that put democracy at risk in this excellent book, just as she does on "Democracy Now" from Pacifica Radio and Free Speech TV. This should be required reading as a "Wake Up Call" for ALL Americans.
Ms. Goodman is a dedicated, fearless researcher of the truth and works tirelessly to inform of the treachery of Traitors in High places in this country and throughout the world.
Granted, I am not a journalistic reviewer and the positive words of praise left by others here will speak more elequently than I, but as a citizen who works for change in this country, I highly recommend this enlightening book on The Exception to the Rulers. Thanks to Amy, Pacifica and to Dish Network for broadcasting FSTV information to the many who cannot find responsible media in this country.
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G. Joy Robins
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2004
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If you can read only one of the current flood of political books, read this one. An honest and hard-hitting journalist, Amy Goodman is a truly rare American hero. She brings us breathless through her narrow escape from a massacre in East Timor and makes us smile at the taping of a Sally Jessy Raphael show.
She speaks truth to power from the FCC to the WTO to the corporate media. She asks the hard questions and holds the bar high, regardless of party or office. She is critical of Clinton as well as Bush. Being critical is her job and she does it well. Mostly, she is a Jimmy Stewart idealist, a "small d" democrat who fights tirelessly, demanding that our country fulfill its promise.
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Catherine Etheridge
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book I ever read
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2010
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Amy Goodman explained not just what happened but why and how it happened. She also explained my worse nightmare which is that the American people are subject to too much influence by big businesses such as oil and military supplies.
The book was extremely informative, but I would expect nothing less from Amy Goodman. What surprised me was how warm the book was. While reading it, I felt as if I was riding on a bus or train with Amy Goodman and we were engaged in the most interesting and congenial conversation that I've ever had.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exposes Oily Politicians, War Profiteers and the Media that keeps the lid on what harm they do to us and our nation.
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2018
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This is going to come across as sycophantic, but whatever Amy puts to paper or tell us on her program should be carved in stone. There is a woman with incredible tenacity, courage and integrity at work here. You can trust your newborn infant and your country with this woman. That's saying a lot coming from an erstwhile 'Momma Bear'.
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samaritan
5.0 out of 5 stars Very imortant book to know about War & Peace/ Life & Death
Reviewed in the United States on December 22, 2016
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Very important information watchers get from Democracy Now! every day. So this book.

I learned many big names by this book: Mr. George Walker Bush, Mr. Salvador Allende, Mr. Henry Kissinger, Mr.Bob Kerry, Mr. Newt Gingrich, and so on.

I strongly recommend you this book to know interesting/shocking information for our lives.
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Mark A. Pearce
5.0 out of 5 stars Amy Goodman is a global treasure!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2015
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Amy Goodman from www.DemocracyNow.org has written an easy-to-follow, pithy and comprehensive book detailing how the US and British public were duped into believing that the Iraq war was a necessity. It was written around 2005, so don't expect bang up-to-the-minute info. However Goodman details the background issues, such as the involvement of, and atrocities committed by the oil companies and exactly who is selling weapons to who, and the "uses" they were put to. Absolutely compelling. If we as Joe Public made the politicians sit and read this book, there would be more than a few world leaders on trial for war crimes and we'd find more peaceful ways to resolve the current ISIS crisis!
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