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The Exception to the Rulers: Exposing Oily Politicians, War Profiteers, and the Media That Love Them Hardcover – April 14, 2004

by Amy Goodman (Author), David Goodman (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 79 ratings
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Her comments turned Charlie Rose red in the face. Bill Clinton called her 'hostile, combative, and even disrespectful.' Newt Gingrich said to her, 'You're the kind of reporter I warned my mother about.' Meet Amy Goodman, award-winning journalist and host of the daily hour-long talk show that is a beacon for passionate, critical, and hard-hitting news. On subjects ranging from the deceptions of the George H. W. Bush administration to the corruption of media monopolies and corporate influence over the government, Amy Goodman attacks and exposes the lies and hypocrisy that put democracy at risk. Goodman has traveled the world reporting and speaking out in defense of human rights and offers no apologies for her advocacy. At lectures, rallies, and other public appearances, thousands turn out to hear her speak the truth. Now, in her first book, she offers her no-holds-barred perspective on world events.
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  1. Print length
    352 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Hyperion
  4. Publication date
    April 14, 2004
  5. Grade level
    8 and up
  6. Reading age
    18 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    5.88 x 1.13 x 8.5 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    9781401301316
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1401301316
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  • Patricia Kramer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Asking the questions that need to be asked.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2005
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    I try to listen to "Democracy Now" 4 days a week on the radio or watch on public access TV. It takes a bit of courage to listen because Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez can be counted on to tell the story that hasn't been told about people who have no voice and that can shake up my soul.

    The "Exception to the Rulers" is most critical of the media, both written and over the airwaves and how they are all in the power and access game and play by the rules. Goodman, however, is fearless and takes advantage of any opportunity to stop power in its tracks with the deer in the headlights look and possibly answer a real question while their guard is down.

    I learned to enjoy the anticipation of what Amy Goodman would ask as she described being handed opportunites to question Bill Clinton over the phone and appear on the Sally Jesse Raphael Show.

    If you have noticed you haven't heard "Imagine" or "Peace Train" or "Bridge Over Troubled Water" on Clear Channel radio stations lately, there is a reason. (150 songs)

    "Shortly after 9/11, filmmaker Michael Moore wrote about an e-mail he had received from a radio station manager in Michigan. The manager forwarded Moore a confidential memo from the radio conglomerate that owns his station: Clear Channel. 'The company, Moore wrote,'has ordered its stations not to play a list of 150 songs during this national emergency.....

    Rah-rah war songs, though, are OK."... "And then there was this troubling instruction: No songs by Rage Against the Machine should be aired. The entire works of a band are banned? Is this the freedom we fight for? Or does this sound like one of those repressive dictatorships we are told is our new enemy?'"

    That is just music, there is so much more we are not allowed to hear or see as we head into another 4 years. Shake off the fog and listen to, watch and read Amy Goodman as she uncovers the lies of the rulers and gives voice to the people.
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  • Mary E. George
    5.0 out of 5 stars No Free Press, No Democracy!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2004
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    The United States is the LAST place people of the world would expect to find PROPAGANDA but that is what's happening in the US, as scary as that sounds. This is a time for the true brave souls like Amy Goodman to come forward and inform us of the truth. Everybody likes the comfort of letting others take care of business, but it's time to start facing the truth about what this country stands for. It's time to help the cause of free speech. What's the real price of oil? What's the real reason we're financing a war in the Middle East? How many innocent people are suffering so we can enjoy insulation from the truth? We are still "A sleeping Giant". Please read this book and wake up to the truth as unpleasant as that is. I want my county back! I have never been an activist, but the time has come to be part of the solution. Thank you Amazon for not censoring comments.
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  • Andrew
    4.0 out of 5 stars An Alternative Voice Worth Hearing
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2006
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    Indian essayist and activist Arundhati Roy said in her book An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire (2004, Cambridge, MA: South End Press) that, "We need to know the difference between what we know and what we are told...between what is concealed and what is revealed...and between the real world and the virtual world," (p. 96). In Exception to the Rulers Amy Goodman helps us to do just that by exposing the power elite's unholy alliance with corporate media and making the case for independent media of which she is a major proponent and practitioner in her role as host of Democracy Now.

    The Exception to the Rulers is divided into 18 chapters and an introduction entitled "The Silenced Majority," in which Goodman describes the responsibility of a journalist as "going to where the silence is: giving voice to the forgotten, forsaken, and beaten down by the powerful." She provides rich analysis and chilling illustrations of big government's collaboration with media conglomerates to deceive the public and create sanitizing images and information - "weapons of mass deception" - about the war in Iraq. Goodman makes a strong case for the need for alternative sources of information to counter a handful of major corporations that are raising our children through their stranglehold on the media.

    Recently at North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, the children's mental health agency where I work, we surveyed over 1000 high school students across Long Island, NY. A vast majority said that television was their number one source of news and information and an almost equal number said that it was a most reliable source. Yet, over half said that they do not trust the government to do the right thing most of the time and see politicians as the group that they least admire. The survey results offer a window on the influence of television absent a deep understanding of who decides what airs in what manner and for what reasons.

    Goodman illustrates one deceptive strategy that she calls the "classic disinformation two-step." In this case it was used to justify the decision to wage war on Iraq. Here is how she describes it on pages 138-139: "The White House leaks a lie to the New York Times, the newspaper publishes it as an expose, then the White House conveniently masquerades behind the credibility of the Times..." On September 8, 2002, NY Times reporters Michael Gordon and Judith Miller reported, "Iraq stepped up its quest for nuclear weapons and had embarked on a worldwide search for material to make an atomic bomb." The day that the Times ran the story Vice President Cheney went on the TV talk circuit and said that "Iraq purchased aluminum tubes to make enriched uranium" and then attributed the story to the Times. Soon thereafter President Bush referred to this as a "first sign of a smoking gun."

    The Exception to the Rulers is an eye-opener. It offers a journalistic window that we are not accustomed to day-to-day. I recommend that you read this book. You may disagree with its analyses of domestic and world events. You may think that it is nothing more than some crackpot conspiracy theory. But, I think it will be hard to walk away from this book without a greater understanding of the need to have alternative sources of information to counter what we are spoon fed on a daily basis by corporate media.
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  • rainydaysandmondays
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amy Goodman Brings Us Democracy NOW!
    Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2004
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    Amy Goodman attacks and exposes the lies and hypocrisy that put democracy at risk in this excellent book, just as she does on "Democracy Now" from Pacifica Radio and Free Speech TV. This should be required reading as a "Wake Up Call" for ALL Americans.
    Ms. Goodman is a dedicated, fearless researcher of the truth and works tirelessly to inform of the treachery of Traitors in High places in this country and throughout the world.
    Granted, I am not a journalistic reviewer and the positive words of praise left by others here will speak more elequently than I, but as a citizen who works for change in this country, I highly recommend this enlightening book on The Exception to the Rulers. Thanks to Amy, Pacifica and to Dish Network for broadcasting FSTV information to the many who cannot find responsible media in this country.
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  • Mark A. Pearce
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amy Goodman is a global treasure!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2015
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    Amy Goodman from www.DemocracyNow.org has written an easy-to-follow, pithy and comprehensive book detailing how the US and British public were duped into believing that the Iraq war was a necessity. It was written around 2005, so don't expect bang up-to-the-minute info. However Goodman details the background issues, such as the involvement of, and atrocities committed by the oil companies and exactly who is selling weapons to who, and the "uses" they were put to. Absolutely compelling. If we as Joe Public made the politicians sit and read this book, there would be more than a few world leaders on trial for war crimes and we'd find more peaceful ways to resolve the current ISIS crisis!
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