The best democracy money can buy: an investigative reporter exposes the truth about corporate cons, globalization, and high-finance fraudsters

Greg Palast digs deep to unearth the ugly facts that few reporters working anywhere in the world today have the courage or ability to cover. From East Timor to Waco, Karachi to Santiago, he has exposed some of the most egregious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and financial manipulation, globally. His uncanny investigative skills as well as his acerbic wit and no-holds-barred style have made him an anathema among magnates on four continents and a living legend among his colleagues and his devoted readership, worldwide. This exciting new collection brings together some of Palast's most powerful and influential writing of the past decade. His columns in the Observer have a cult following and he made headline news when he went undercover for the Observer to break open the 'Lobbygate' scandal of corruption inside the Blair Cabinet. Included here are his reports on that story, which earned him the distinction of being the first journalist ever to be personally attacked on the floor of Parliament by a prime minister; his celebrated Washington Post exposé on Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris's stealing of the presidential election in Florida, which made him "a legend and a hero on the Internet" (Alan Colmes / Fox Radio) when it ran in Salon.com; and recent stories on George W. Bush's pay-offs to corporate cronies, and the business-created 'energy crisis.' Also included in this volume are new and previously unpublished material, television transcripts, photographs, and letters. Financial Times David Thomas Prize 1997 Industrial Society, Investigative story of the year 1998 Business Journalist of the Year (UK Press Assoc Nomination 1999) Salon.com Politics story of the Year 2000 Award-winning investigative journalist Greg Palast digs deep to unearth the ugly facts that few reporters working anywhere in the world today have the courage or ability to cover. From East Timor to Waco, Karachi to Santiago, he has exposed some of the most egregious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and financial manipulation, globally. His uncanny investigative skills as well as his acerbic wit and no-holds-barred style have made him an anathema among magnates on four continents and a living legend among his colleagues and his devoted readership, worldwide. This exciting new collection brings together some of Palast's most powerful and influential writing of the past decade. His columns in the Observer have a cult following and he made headline news when he went undercover for the Observer to break open the'Lobbygate'scandal of corruption inside the Blair Cabinet. Included here are his reports on that story, which earned him the distinction of being the first journalist ever to be personally attacked on the floor of Parliament by a prime minister; his celebrated Washington Post exposé on Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris's stealing of the presidential election in Florida, which made him'a legend and a hero on the Internet'(Alan Colmes / Fox Radio) when it ran in Salon.com; and recent stories on George W. Bush's pay-offs to corporate cronies, and the business-created'energy crisis.'Also included in this volume are new and previously unpublished material, television transcripts, photographs, and letters. Annotation. """Twisted.""--Katherine Harris, Florida Secretary of State on Greg Palast's reporting of the 2000 Presidential electionInvestigative journalist Greg Palast has uncovered scandal, fraud, corruption, and lies in the highest seats of power-from the White House to corporate America. Known in Britain as "the greatest investigative reporter of our time" (Tribune magazine), Palast has broken some of the biggest stories of the past decade, including: . How Bush killed off the FBI''s investigation of the bin Laden family prior to 9/1l. How the Bush family stole the election in Florida. How Enron cheated, lied, and swindled its way into an energy monopolyThese provocative expos?s-as well as groundbreaking reports on the World Bank, the IMF, the World Trade Organization, Wal-Mart and more-are included in this collection of Palast's most incendiary stories. Written in a no-holds-barred, in-your-face style, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy is a must-read for anyone who believes that the First Amendment isimportant enough to use and that democracy cannot be bought." Investigative journalist Palast digs deep to unearth the ugly facts that few reporters working anywhere in the world today have the courage or ability to cover. From East Timor to Waco, he has exposed some of the most egregious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud, and financial manipulation in the US and abroad. This collection brings together some of Palast's most powerful writing of the past decade. Included here are his Washington Post exposé on Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris's stealing of the presidential election in Florida, and recent stories on George W. Bush's payoffs to corporate cronies, the payola behind Hillary Clinton, and the faux energy crisis. Also included in this volume are new and previously unpublished material, television transcripts, photographs, and letters.--From publisher description. Who Gives a Shit? An Introduction to the New American Edition You read the papers and you watch television, so you know the kind of spider-brained, commercially poisoned piece-of-crap reporting you get in America. You could call this book What You Didn’t Read in the New York Times and What You Can’t See on CBS. For example: Five months before the November 2000 election, Governor Jeb Bush of Florida moved to purge 57,700 people from the voter rolls, supposedly criminals not allowed to vote. Most were innocent of crimes, but the majority were guilty of being Black... These articles expose some of the most egregrious cases of political corruption, corporate fraud and financial manipulation globally. Included are stories on the corruption of the Blair government and George W. Bush's pay-offs to corporate cronies An investigative journalist provides an expose of intrigue, financial misdeeds, and other machinations at the highest level of American politics