American Pravda
eBook - ePub

American Pravda

My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News

  1. 322 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

American Pravda

My Fight for Truth in the Era of Fake News

About this book

The one real difference between the American press and the Soviet state newspaper Pravda was that the Russian people knew they were being lied to. To expose the lies our media tell us today, controversial journalist James O'Keefe created Project Veritas, an independent news organization whose reporters go where traditional journalists dare not. Their investigative work–equal parts James Bond, Mike Wallace, and Saul Alinsky—has had a consistent and powerful impact on its targets.
In American Pravda, the reader is invited to go undercover with these intrepid journalists as they infiltrate political campaigns, unmask dishonest officials and expose voter fraud. A rollicking adventure story on one level, the book also serves as a treatise on modern media, arguing that establishment journalists have a vested interest in keeping the powerful comfortable and the people misinformed.
The book not only contests the false narratives frequently put forth by corporate media, it documents the consequences of telling the truth in a world that does not necessarily want to hear it. O'Keefe's enemies attack with lawsuits, smear campaigns, political prosecutions, and false charges in an effort to shut down Project Veritas. For O'Keefe, every one of these attacks is a sign of success.
American Pravda puts the myths and misconceptions surrounding O'Keefe's activities to rest and will make you rethink every word you hear and read in the so-called mainstream press.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraphs
  6. Meeting Citizen Trump
  7. Defining the Veritas Journalist
  8. Crossing Borders
  9. Honoring a Tradition—The History of Journalism and Its Demise
  10. Swilling Chardonnay
  11. Practicing Magic
  12. Meeting Candidate Trump
  13. Recognizing Propaganda
  14. Meeting Alan Schulkin
  15. Channeling Chicago
  16. Working Our Way In
  17. Going Deep
  18. Pulling Back the Curtain
  19. Counting Down
  20. Always Be Closing
  21. Banned from Twitter
  22. Closing Up Shop
  23. Spiking the News
  24. Breaking Through
  25. Weaponized Autism
  26. Going Viral in Vegas
  27. Anticipating Hillary
  28. Fleeing Philly
  29. Making History
  30. Targeting the Media
  31. Manufacturing Consent
  32. Freezing the “Anti-Fascist” Fascists
  33. Disrupting the Disruption
  34. Backtracking in Wisconsin
  35. Editing the News
  36. Attacking Fox
  37. American Pravda
  38. Acknowledgments
  39. Notes
  40. Index
  41. About the Author
  42. Newsletter Sign-Up
  43. Contents
  44. Copyright