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cbabe

(4,155 posts) Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:54 AM Sep 5

Deep dark MSM: All the Worst Humans: how I made news for dictators, tycoons, and politicians

Phil Elwood
Henry Holt and Company, NY 2024

PR expert spills the beans. How he expertly manipulated everyone, created alternative facts, and corrupted everything.

‘The underbelly of the global power structure.’

If you wonder what really goes on, this is where.

al-Assad, the World Cup/Qatar vs Clinton n Michelle Obama, Gaddafi.

And more.

Easy read. Horrifying except author is so likable which is why he was so incredibly successful.

Highly recommend.

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Deep dark MSM: All the Worst Humans: how I made news for dictators, tycoons, and politicians (Original Post) cbabe Sep 5 OP

Link, please? Ocelot II Sep 5 #1

It's a book. Search the title at your library or favorite book site. cbabe Sep 5 #2

All the worst humans IbogaProject Sep 5 #3

Wow finally read this book and I agree - horrifying! OldBoss Oct 3 #4

Ocelot II

(120,813 posts)

1. Link, please?

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 09:56 AM

Sep 5

cbabe

(4,155 posts)

2. It's a book. Search the title at your library or favorite book site.

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 5, 2024, 10:02 AM

Sep 5

IbogaProject

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3. All the worst humans

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Thu Sep 5, 2024, 10:11 AM

Sep 5

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198902261-all-the-worst-humans

OldBoss

(37 posts)

4. Wow finally read this book and I agree - horrifying!

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2024, 02:30 PM

Oct 3

If even half of his stories are true - few of us really know how our government and both its elected and unelected officials influence a wide variety of outcomes. The media are just pawns to these PR firms aka fixers. The Qatar World Cup story is scary, tho most of the stories are. It’s a quick and entertaining read but it’s not uplifting. I have no idea how to improve or correct this horrible imbalance of power, though it’s no longer unique to the US, it’s a worldwide problem. The Antigua story was crazy too.

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