Now in paperback: The major national bestseller that the New York Times says "tosses sand on liberal sacred cows"
John Stosselโaward-winning journalist, tireless consumer-rights crusader, and anchor of ABC's newsmagazine 20/20โhas 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; โHow DDT could actually save millions of lives annually, if only we hadn't been wrongly convinced it caused cancer; โThat Republicans don't shrink governmentโthey expand it; โWhy bottled water is a rip-off (hint: not only doesn't it taste better than tap, it's no healthier either!); โHow "defective product" lawsuits end up depriving us of safer products; โWhy it's okay to marry your cousin; โAnd 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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