Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You Were Wrong by Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/249981 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You Were Wrong Author: Kathleen Hall Jamieson Narrator: Kathleen Hall Jamieson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 25 minutes Release date: November 7, 2000 Genres: Current Affairs, Law, & Politics Publisher's Summary: From a media expert and network commentator, an engaging guide through the welter of misinformation-generated by politicians and the media alike-that surrounds political campaigns Here, at last, is the book for anyone who ever wondered how the media extravaganzas we call political campaigns really work. Everything You Think You Know About Politics...and Why You're Wrong explores why the American public, seemingly so eager for "unspun" information about candidates and their positions, invariably ends up feeling manipulated by our political process. Challenging the reader with strategically placed quizzes, well-known commentator on the media and politics Kathleen Hall Jamieson surveys the existing public record on voting patterns, campaign promises, and all manner of electioneering and comes up with an engaging mix of analysis, surprising factoids, and political cartoons. This book separates the facts from the convenient fictions that deter Americans from caring about the processes and outcomes of elections.