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000317800 1001_ $$aPenny, Laura,$$d1975-
000317800 24510 $$aYour call is important to us :$$bthe truth about bullshit /$$cLaura Penny.
000317800 250__ $$a1st pbk. ed.
000317800 260__ $$aNew York :$$bThree Rivers Press,$$c2006.
000317800 300__ $$ax, 256 p. ;$$c20 cm.
000317800 500__ $$aOriginally published: New York : Crown, 2005.
000317800 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-249) and index.
000317800 5050_ $$aThis 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.
000317800 650_0 $$aPropaganda.
000317800 650_0 $$aPublic relations.
000317800 650_0 $$aAdvertising.
000317800 650_0 $$aDeception.
000317800 650_0 $$aManipulative behavior.
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