Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative

David Brock

Three Rivers Press, 2003 - Biography & Autobiography - 378 pages

In a powerful and deeply personal memoir in the tradition of Arthur Koestler’s The God That Failed, David Brock, the original right-wing scandal reporter, chronicles his rise to the pinnacle of the conservative movement and his painful break with it.

David Brock pilloried Anita Hill in a bestseller. His reporting in The American Spectator as part of the infamous “Arkansas Project” triggered the course of events that led to the historic impeachment trial of President Clinton. Brock was at the center of the right-wing dirty tricks operation of the Gingrich era–and a true believer–until he could no longer deny that the political force he was advancing was built on little more than lies, hate, and hypocrisy.

In Blinded By the Right, Brock, who came out of the closet at the height of his conservative renown, tells his riveting story from the beginning, giving us the first insider’s view of what Hillary Rodham Clinton called “the vast right-wing conspiracy.” Whether dealing with the right-wing press, the richly endowed think tanks, Republican political operatives, or the Paula Jones case, Brock names names from Clarence Thomas on down, uncovers hidden links, and demonstrates how the Republican Right’s zeal for power created the poisonous political climate that culminated in George W. Bush’s election.

Now in paperback and with a new afterword by the author, Blinded By the Right is a classic political memoir of our times.

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Review: Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative

User Review  - Salvatore - Goodreads

If you want to understand how right wing media works, this is a great starting point.

Review: Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative

User Review  - Lin Ennis - Goodreads

David Brock explains the politics of the Republican party as only an insider with good notes could. He eagerly became the talking puppet of the party for a decade, deluding himself he was an objective ...

About the author

David Brock, a writer in Washington, D.C., is the author of The Real Anita Hill and The Seduction of Hillary Rodham. He has written for Esquire, New York, Rolling Stone, Talk, and the New York Times and Washington Post op-ed pages. He appears regularly on television talk shows, and his work has been featured on National Public Radio.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative
• Author: David Brock
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 2003
• ISBN: 1400047285, 9781400047284
• Length: 378 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Political; History / United States / 20th Century; Political Science / History & Theory