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Muzzled - The Assault on Honest Debate (Paperback)
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Muzzled - The Assault on Honest Debate (Paperback)
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"You can't say that. You're fired."
Prize-winning Washington journalist Juan Williams was
unceremoniously dismissed by NPR for speaking his mind and saying
what many Americans feel--that he gets nervous when boarding
airplanes with passengers dressed in Muslim garb. NPR banished the
veteran journalist in an act of political correctness that
ultimately sparked nationwide outrage and led to calls for Congress
to end its public funding of the media organization.
In "Muzzled," Williams uses his very public firing as a launching
pad to discuss the countless ways in which honest debate in
America--from the halls of Congress and the health care town halls
to the talk shows and print media--is stifled. In today's partisan
world, where media provocateurs rule the airwaves and political
correctness dictates what can and cannot be said with impunity,
Williams shows how the honest exchange of ideas and the search for
solutions and reasonable compromise is deliberately muzzled. Only
those toeing the party's line--the screaming voices of the
extremist--get airtime and dominate the discussion in politics and
the media. Each side, liberal and conservative, preaches to a choir
that revels in expressions of anger, ideology, conspiracies, and
demonized opponents. The result is an absence of truth-telling and
honest debate about the facts. Among the issues denied a
full-throated discussion are racial profiling; the increased
reliance on religious beliefs in debating American values and
legislation; the nuances of an immigration policym gone awry; why
abortion is promoted as a hot button wedge issue to incite the pary
faithful and drive donations; the uneasy balance between individual
freedom and our desire for security of against terrorism; and much
more.
A fierce, fresh look at the critical importance of an open airing
of controversial issues, "Muzzled" is a hard hitting critique of
the topics and concerns we can't talk about without suffering
retaliation at the hands of the politically correct police. Only by
bringing such hot button issues into the light of day can we hope
to grapple with them, and exercise our cherished, hard-won right of
free speech.
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