JOHN STAUBER
Tuesday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m.

John Stauber, who with co-author Sheldon Rampton, has exposed public relations spin and propaganda, phony 'grassroots' front groups, and lobbyists' cozy relationships with lawmakers, makes this welcome return to talk about government media deception related to the Iraq War. The Best War Ever: Lies, Damned Lies, and the Mess in Iraq (Tarcher) examines what Stauber and colleagues at the Center for Media and Democracy characterize as the unraveling of the propaganda model in the months and years after President Bush's "Mission Accomplished" speech. "No more bedtime stories. These guys are here to wake you up." - Greg Palast. "A major contribution for those who want to take control of their own futures." - Noam Chomsky (on Weapons of Mass Deception).

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