Lies: (and the Lying Liars who Tell Them) : a Fair and Balanced Look at the Right

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Thorndike Press, 2004 - Humor - 631 pages
A #1 New York Times Bestseller

Al Franken, one of our "savviest satirists" (People), has been studying the rhetoric of the Right. He has listened to their cries of "slander," "bias," and even "treason." He has examined the administration's policies of squandering our surplus, ravaging the environment, and alienating the rest of the world. He's even watched Fox News. In this fair and balanced report, Al bravely and candidly destroys the liberal media bias myth by doing what his targets seem incapable of: getting his facts straight.

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Contents

A Note from the Author
10
Hannity and Colmes
14
Introduction
15
Copyright

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About the author (2004)

Al Franken was born in 1951 and grew up in Minnesota. He got his start in show business in high school, when he began performing stand-up comedy. He attended Harvard University, but his comic talent went unrecognized by the school's famous Harvard Lampoon, which rejected him. Undaunted, Franken continued to do stand-up with a friend from high school, Tom Davis. Franken and Davis became celebrities when Lorne Michaels discovered their act and hired them for his new show, Saturday Night Live. In addition to doing the stand-up, Franken wrote many funny skits, including Chevy Chase's famous Gerald Ford bits, and created memorable characters like Stuart Smalley. Franken's ability to write comedy translated into a best-selling success with his political satire, Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot. The book has sold almost one million copies. His other books include The Truth (with jokes), and Al Franken, Giant of the Senate. Franken was elected to the U. S. Senate representing Minnesota in 2009.

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