Disinformation: 22 Media Myths That Undermine the War on Terror
Written by Richard Miniter
Narrated by James Jenner
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About this audiobook
Richard Miniter
Richard Miniter is the author of three top-ten New York Times bestsellers, Losing Bin Laden and Shadow War, as well as Mastermind, the first biography of 9/11 planner Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. He writes a column for Forbes.com. A former editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal in Brussels, member of the investigative team at The Sunday Times in London, and editorial-page editor of the Washington Times, Miniter has also written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, as well as The Atlantic, Reader’s Digest, Newsweek, The New Republic, and National Review. He has appeared on CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. He has won awards from the National Press Club and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (shared). He lives in Arlington, Virginia.
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Reviews for Disinformation
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Straight talk - NO fluffRichard Miniter has a great little book here. It is the typical current events book, short on fluff and quick reading, meant to present a point and prove or disprove it. He wastes little time n cultural pontificating, but does seem to lean toward the "right" side of things in some asides.But, it is hard to dispute his research into the 22 myths he dispels. The segments on bin Ladden's money (and non-existent support of he and the Taliban by the USA in the 80s and 90s) and his fictional kidney troubles are particularly enlightening. I consider myself somewhat informed and I even believed that bin Ladden had kidney trouble. Of course, we all should have had a clue in that he has lived this long in caves since 2001. If he really needed kidney dialysis he most surely would have died by now.This book is great fodder if you are wont to argue in favor of the Global War On Terror. It gives you, in one volume, some wonderful back up for your support.Mark this up as another great effort for Miniter. This book is highly recommended.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This book seems very well researched, and sloppy journalism is blamed for the majority of the myths cited.