Misstating the State of the Union: Right-wing media distortions about the Clinton and Bush presidencies

> Read the introduction to the book by David Brock

"Misstating the State of the Union reveals a simple truth that the media too often obscures: By every objective measure, Bill Clinton's presidency was immeasurably better for the United States than George W. Bush's presidency. Yet an army of conservative pundits have conspired to lie to the public about both Clinton's and Bush's records, denying the proven success of progressive policies and leadership while shamelessly covering up abject conservative failures.

This book dissects the conservative misinformation campaign while unmasking the dark ideological agenda and rank dishonesty behind all the cable TV and radio "hot air."

From radio host Rush Limbaugh's claim that the federal government spends three times as much on education as defense (the truth: the government spends five times as much on defense as on education) to FOX News Channel host Sean Hannity's dismissal of air-quality concerns ("This is silly") to pundit Ann Coulter's attacks on the elderly ("39 million greedy geezers collecting Social Security"), Misstating the State of the Union concisely refutes many of the most dangerous right-wing lies in circulation in this political year, using sound logic, incontrovertible fact, and illustrative charts, and graphs.

With issue-based chapters championing logic and fact over lying and name-calling, Misstating the State of the Union proves itself to be a key resource on conservative misinformation for both producers and consumers of news."