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29 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Another right wing whimper-fest about the most unqualified politician EVER
8 Jun 2011
Having read through this book for as long as I could stomach the author's twisted and inaccurate observations, I could not walk away without giving an opinion of this book. First, do NOT waste your money on this dribble. If you want to hear all about how damaged palin is by the so-called Liberal Media, just turn on fox news. Everything printed in this book has been said on the GOP's propaganda network, fox. The only thing you might be interested to learn is this; if I was to write my opinion on ANY website, the author believes I am then an "Elite Liberal Media" star. After all, most of the things discussed by the author were written by everyday day people in response to palin's speeches, her interviews and God help us all, her books. Aside from a few quotes from MSNBC's 4 Liberal leaning hosts, and Katy Couric, everything else he whines over was found in the "Comments" section of blogs and websites all over the Internet.
To be sure, palin is talked about on NEWS shows, and all over the Internet. I've yet to really understand why. Personally, I find her to be irritating, ignorant, and as vapid a human as I've ever seen in the public eye, and yet here I am writing a review of this guy's whimper-fest of a book. I guess I'm writing this because I am unimpressed with the author's argument that "Liberal Media" tried to bring palin down. That is a very stupid position. After all, if there is a NEWS story in which palin is quoted verbatim, the author uses this as an example of the Liberal Media trying to bring her down. I think it's amusing how the author never discussed the hundreds of lies spread about Democratic politicians on fox, in right leaning newspapers, and all over right wing dominated talk radio. These issues are NEVER discussed by the author as he finds more traction whining about and, whining for palin.
I say, do not waste your time reading this awful book. If you must punish yourself, borrow the book from your local library, or find it on a right wing website somewhere, odds are if you agree to take their newsletter, they will send the book for free. This is how right wing books are made to look popular, they sell, or give huge bulk shipments to right wing websites and then give them away to their subscribers. All that matters is a book shipped, it matters not one bit if it was paid for. Ship a large enough in bulk, and you've got a "Best Seller" on your hands, regardless if no money changed hands for the books. This is how so many vapid, and altogether unreadable right wing books wind up on the New York Times bestseller lists. Who said cheaters never prosper???? Just ask the newly rich princess not-too-bright of the north, sarah palin.
To be sure, palin is talked about on NEWS shows, and all over the Internet. I've yet to really understand why. Personally, I find her to be irritating, ignorant, and as vapid a human as I've ever seen in the public eye, and yet here I am writing a review of this guy's whimper-fest of a book. I guess I'm writing this because I am unimpressed with the author's argument that "Liberal Media" tried to bring palin down. That is a very stupid position. After all, if there is a NEWS story in which palin is quoted verbatim, the author uses this as an example of the Liberal Media trying to bring her down. I think it's amusing how the author never discussed the hundreds of lies spread about Democratic politicians on fox, in right leaning newspapers, and all over right wing dominated talk radio. These issues are NEVER discussed by the author as he finds more traction whining about and, whining for palin.
I say, do not waste your time reading this awful book. If you must punish yourself, borrow the book from your local library, or find it on a right wing website somewhere, odds are if you agree to take their newsletter, they will send the book for free. This is how right wing books are made to look popular, they sell, or give huge bulk shipments to right wing websites and then give them away to their subscribers. All that matters is a book shipped, it matters not one bit if it was paid for. Ship a large enough in bulk, and you've got a "Best Seller" on your hands, regardless if no money changed hands for the books. This is how so many vapid, and altogether unreadable right wing books wind up on the New York Times bestseller lists. Who said cheaters never prosper???? Just ask the newly rich princess not-too-bright of the north, sarah palin.
12 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Not a book for the unbiased reader
28 Jun 2011
This book is written for the worshipful minions of the Sarah Palin myth. Mr. Continetti dutifully checks off each and every criticism that has come down the pike about former governor Palin and refutes it--whether it needs refuting or not! It is quite one-sided in its approach, and a discerning reader will feel he/she has been short-changed, even at the bargain price. But for the Palin loyalist: Priceless.Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin: A Memoir of Our Tumultuous Years
96 of 139 people found the following review helpful
The Feral Beast: The Media Go Wild
14 Nov 2009
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In the prologue of this book, the author includes a very powerful quote said a full year before Sarah Palin came on the national scene:
"Today's media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no one dares miss out."--Tony Blair, June 12, 2007.
Continetti then goes on to show how this "feral beast" of the media hunted down its new prey: Sarah Palin. He does an excellent job of documenting and debunking the lies and smears the media perpetrated against her.
Palin supporters will most likely recognize the top lies such as: Trig not being her son, her banning books, being a Buchanan supporter, or a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, and others. What may surprise and shock them (and any fair minded person) is WHO published the lies! While many may have started on extreme liberal blog sites, by hate-fueled individuals, the real tragedy is that they were introduced to main stream Americans by powerful news outlets and journalists that many Americans, including myself, trusted.
The main chapters are:
1) The Golden Ticket: When John Met Sarah
2) The Feral Beast: The Media Goes Wild
3) The Village and the City: There's No Place Like Home
4) The Ties That Bind: The Blistering Assaults on Palin's Family
5) Amazing Disgrace: How the Press Went After Palin's Faith
6) Sex and Sarah Palin: The Furious Battle over the Governor's Gender
7) The Classless Media: The Elite's Condescending Attitude Toward Ordinary Americans
8) Sarah's Choice: What's Next for Palin and her Party?
This book is a powerful wakeup call to any fair minded person. It clearly documents that "truth no longer mattered" to many in the media when it came to Sarah Palin.
My hope had been that the media would see the dangerous path they have taken, and go back to honest reporting. Unfortunately, as Sarah's own book is about to be released it looks like we're in for Round 2.
"Today's media, more than ever before, hunts in a pack. In these modes it is like a feral beast, just tearing people and reputations to bits. But no one dares miss out."--Tony Blair, June 12, 2007.
Continetti then goes on to show how this "feral beast" of the media hunted down its new prey: Sarah Palin. He does an excellent job of documenting and debunking the lies and smears the media perpetrated against her.
Palin supporters will most likely recognize the top lies such as: Trig not being her son, her banning books, being a Buchanan supporter, or a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, and others. What may surprise and shock them (and any fair minded person) is WHO published the lies! While many may have started on extreme liberal blog sites, by hate-fueled individuals, the real tragedy is that they were introduced to main stream Americans by powerful news outlets and journalists that many Americans, including myself, trusted.
The main chapters are:
1) The Golden Ticket: When John Met Sarah
2) The Feral Beast: The Media Goes Wild
3) The Village and the City: There's No Place Like Home
4) The Ties That Bind: The Blistering Assaults on Palin's Family
5) Amazing Disgrace: How the Press Went After Palin's Faith
6) Sex and Sarah Palin: The Furious Battle over the Governor's Gender
7) The Classless Media: The Elite's Condescending Attitude Toward Ordinary Americans
8) Sarah's Choice: What's Next for Palin and her Party?
This book is a powerful wakeup call to any fair minded person. It clearly documents that "truth no longer mattered" to many in the media when it came to Sarah Palin.
My hope had been that the media would see the dangerous path they have taken, and go back to honest reporting. Unfortunately, as Sarah's own book is about to be released it looks like we're in for Round 2.
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