Fooling America; How Washington insiders twist the truth and manufacture the conventional wisdom

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A behind-the-scenes look at how government seduces the free press into abandoning hard investigation and insight. Former Associated Press and Newsweek reporter Parry calls on the public, press, and Congress to reassume their bipartisan responsibility to challenge Conventional Wisdom and uncover the truth. Conventional Wisdom is the unwritten polite term used to refer to the limits of what the public is allowed to read. History through the eyes of the reporter who knew his insights and truths would never be printed in his coverage. “By 1986, the aims of the magazine and the aims of the policymakers were identical. Nothing would get in their way—not international law, not any notion of journalist distance or independence.” PART 1 1 The CW Runs for President 2 The CW Takes the White House 3 The Governing CW 4 The CW Goes to War 5 CW, Noriega, Contras and Drugs 6 The CW Fights a Middle East Bad Guy 7 The CW, the al-Sabahs and the CIA 8 CW and Peace 9 CW Versus the Vietnam Syndrome PART 2 10 CW and the CIA Director 11 CW, the Sandinistas and Buzz Words 12 CW and the Mighty Wurlitzer 13 CW and Contra-dictions 14 CW and a Man Named North 15 CW and the Cover-up 16 CW, Breakthrough and Cover-up Redux 17 The CW and America’s Future Notes