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Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity
John Stossel
Get Out the Shovel--Why Everything You Know Is Wrong
Hyperion
May 2007
On Sale: May 1, 2007
320 pages
ISBN: 0786893931
EAN: 9780786893935
Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction Political
Now in paperback: The major national bestseller that the
New York Times says "tosses sand on liberal sacred cows" John Stossel—award-winning journalist, tireless
consumer-rights crusader, and anchor of ABC's newsmagazine
20/20—has built his reputation on his willingness to debunk
conventional wisdom, no matter the source. In his latest
New York Times bestseller, which has sold more than
200,000 copies in hardcover, he busts the myths, lies, and
downright stupidity clogging media outlets on all sides of
the spectrum. Taking a shovel to the heaps of
misinterpretations and outright mistakes passing for "fact"
these days, Stossel proves: --That contrary to popular belief, Americans have more free
time now than ever before;
—How DDT could actually save millions of lives annually, if
only we hadn't been wrongly convinced it caused cancer;
—That Republicans don't shrink government—they expand it;
—Why bottled water is a rip-off (hint: not only doesn't it
taste better than tap, it's no healthier either!);
—How "defective product" lawsuits end up depriving us of
safer products;
—Why it's okay to marry your cousin;
—And much, much more. Bursting with facts, sharp insights, and plain old common
sense, Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity is a
modern muckraking classic.
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