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Franken, Al. Lies (and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): a Fair and Balanced Look at The Right.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Sept. 2003. 379p. illus. Dutton, $24.95 (0-525-94764-7). 973.931.
It's one thing to read about right-wing lies from the likes of journalist Eric Alterman and Joe Conason but quite another to hear the inconsistencies and twisted rhetoric filtered through the satiric brain of Al Franken. True, much of the material covered in all these books is the same--or, as Franken puts it in his acknowledgments, "Eric Alterman, thanks for writing a book on bias I could just put jokes to." But it's Franken's take on it that is so delicious. Unlike his more serious fellow writers, he does not feel compelled toward civility or decorum. Hence his chapter title: "Ann Coulter: Nutcase," or the next chapter: "You Know Who I Don't Like? Ann Coulter." And although ...
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