100 People Who Are Screwing up America
- 作者
- 出版社 HarperCollins US
- 出版时间 2006年5月
- ISBN 9780060761295
- 定价 119.50
内容简介
ThenumberoneNewYorkTimesbestsellingauthorofBiasdeliversanotherbombshell—thistimeaimedat...100PeopleWhoAreScrewingUpAmericaNopreaching.Nopontificating.Justsomeuncommonsenseaboutthethingsthathavemadethiscountrygreat—andtheculpritswhoarescrewingitup.BernardGoldbergtakesdeadaimattheAmericaBashers(theculturaleliteswholookdowntheirsnobbynosesat"ordinary"Americans)...theHollywoodBlowhards(incrediblyditzycelebritieswhothinkthey'resmartjustbecausethey'refamous)...theTVSchlockmeisters(includingtheonewhoseshowhasbeencomparedtoachurningmassofmaggotsdevouringrottenmeat)...theIntellectualThugs(bigwigsatsomeofourbestcolleges,whoseviewsrunthegamutfromleftwingtofarleftwing)...andmanymore.Goldbergnamesnames,countingdownthevillainsinhisrogues'galleryfrom100allthewayto1—and,yes,you-know-whoisnumber37.Somesupposedly"serious"journalistsalsomadethelist,includingthejournalist-divawhosoldoutherintegrityandhostedoneofthedumbesthoursinthehistoryofnetworktelevisionnews.AndtherearethosefamousmiscreantswhohavemadeAmericaanastierplacethanitoughttobe—afarmoreselfish,vulgar,andcynicalplace.ButGoldbergdoesn'tjustrounduptheusualsuspectswehavecometoknowanddetest.Healsoexposessomeofthepeoplewhooperateawayfromthelimelightbutstillmanagetopullalotofstringsanddoallsortsofharmtoourculture.Mostofall,100PeopleWhoAreScrewingUpAmericaisaboutacountrywhereaslongasanythinggoes,asoneofthegoodguysinthebookputsit,soonerorlatereverythingwillgo.Thisisseriousstuffforsure.ButGoldbergwillalsomakeyoulaughasheharpoonsscoundrelslikethecongresswomanwhothinkstherearen'tenoughhurricanesnamedafterblackpeople,andtheenvironmentalisttothestarswhoyellsattotalstrangersdrivingSUVs—eventhoughshetoolsaroundthecountryinagas-guzzlingprivatejet.WithBias,BernardGoldbergtookusbehindthescenesandexposedthewayBigJournalismdistortsthenews.Nowhehaswrittenabookthatgoesevenfurther.ThistimehecastshiseyeonAmericancultureatlarge—andtheresultisabookthatissuretobecomethevoiceofallthoseAmericanswhofeelthatnooneisspeakingforthemonperhapsthemostvitalissueofall:thekindofcountryinwhichwewanttolive.
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