United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America (and What We Can Do about It)

by Mickey Huff, Nolan Higdon, Ralph Nader City Lights 8/20/2019, paperback SKU: 9780872867673   A powerful critique of how manipulation of media gives rise to disinformation, intolerance, and divisiveness, and what can be done to change direction. As the driving forces behind the Project Censored institution and annual yearbook, Higdon and Huff are well-positioned as critics, advocates, and reformers of media, journalism, and politics. Their perspective on how media influences society is authoritative and well-established. Given the mounting crises posed by the Trump presidency, their critique of media's role in giving rise to division, intolerance, and far-right tendencies is timely and urgent, and the market for their perspective--those who are aghast with the Trumps--is vast. This book will draw from and build on Project Censored's well-established national readership. - This is a must-read book to understand the playbook for an imperial presidency, one exploiting several historical