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The assault on Gore's capacity to keep his cool
His new book, about stupid media, is treated stupidly by the media |
David Roberts |
21 May 2007 |
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| Al Gore has a new book coming out called The Assault on Reason. It's about the sickness of our democratic dialogue, the systemic features of our culture and media that lead us to ignore evidence, focus on trivialities, and accept deception after deception. Gore's going to be out promoting the book, and there's a certain bitter irony to the fact that the media is likely to interact with him in a way that proves his thesis better than anything in the book itself. Exhi ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, books, elections, green living, messaging, politics (all these topics) |
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