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This book is a manifesto for anyone who's sick and tired of the twenty-first century's tidal wave of crapulence. Dating the renaissance of bullshit to wartime propaganda, Penny skewers the "corporate bafflegab," scripted, question-proof political events, toxic faux foodstuffs, and miracle pills that clutter our lives. She spares no one and nothing: not Wal-Mart, not Bush's White House, and not the vast pharmaceutical industry. Penny reveals that prisons are the hot new thing in call centers (the federal prison industry bills itself as "the best-kept secret in outsourcing") and that the Public Relations Society of America has a Code of Ethics Pledge. Finally, she demonstrates how our "all-you-can-eat buffet of phoniness" not only alienates us from each other but degrades public discourse, breeds apathy, and makes us just plain stupid.--From publisher description.

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Crown
Language
English
Pages
242

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Subjects
Relations publiques, Deception, Public relations, Manipulative behavior, Publicité, Advertising, Tromperie, Propagande, Manipulation (Psychologie), Propaganda, SOCIAL SCIENCE, General

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Your call is important to us: the truth about bullshit
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Table of Contents

You're soaking in it
Painting the lawn green: public relations and advertising
If you've got the money, honey: a fond look at the boom and subsequent bust
World Co., Inc.: artificial people power
Don't worry about the government: or we don't need no stinkin' rules
Pillzapoppin'! The rise of big pharma
The best policy: in which your humble correspondent confesses to being totally baffled by the insurance industry
Malls, sprawls, and telephone calls: why the signs are the same and the service tends to suck
Sleaze bites and fluff crawls: or can we dumb this down for the kids?
Thikn of the children! Or life during wartime.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-236) and index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
303.3/75/0973
Library of Congress
HM1231 .P46 2005

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x, 242 p. ;
Number of pages
242

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OL24960416M
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ISBN 10
1400081033
ISBN 13
9781400081035
LCCN
2005007533
OCLC/WorldCat
58563184
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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