The news manipulators : why you can't trust the news / by Irvine, Reed

Table of Contents: “…-- How media have misled America about PCB danger -- More examples of news people lying -- How Doonesbury cartoon was used to spread a lie -- How PBS used a "dirty trick" to make Uncle Sam look bad -- Media people spread false information about asbestos danger -- How a news reporter "came within a whisper" of defeating Clarence Thomas -- An example of why the U.S. military does not trust the U.S. press -- Confessions of an NBC-TV correspondent -- Ted Turner, environmental fanatic -- How words are used to distort the truth -- Another bogus environmental scare -- Boston Globe's vendetta to destroy a man fails -- How slanted news can defeat a Supreme Court nominee -- Nightline's attempt to "get" William Casey collapses -- Which is more important -- patriotism or "the story" -- Highly critical Nancy Reagan biography: Did it belong on the front page? …”

Hey, kiddo : how I lost my mother, found my father, and dealt with family addiction / by Krosoczka, Jarrett

Infinite hope : a Black artist's journey from World War II to peace / by Bryan, Ashley

Mark Twain on potholes and politics : letters to the editor / by Scharnhorst, Gary

Table of Contents: “…"'Russian Liberty Has Had Its Last Chance, ' Says Mark Twain," Boston Globe, August 30, 1905 -- 94. "John Hay and the Ballads," Harper's Weekly, October 21, 1905 -- 95. …”
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The poet X : a novel / by Acevedo, Elizabeth

Great events from history.

Table of Contents: “…Ambrose Is Accused of Plagiarism -- January 6, 2002: Boston Globe Reports on Child Sexual Abuse by Roman Catholic Priests -- January 18, 2002: Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin Is Accused of Plagiarism -- February 11, 2002: French Judge Admits Favoring Russian Figure Skaters in Winter Olympics -- February 17, 2002: Rotting Human Bodies Are Found at Georgia Crematory -- March 27, 2002: Georgia Basketball Coach Jim Harrick, Sr., Resigns Over Fraud Allegations -- June 25, 2002: Internal Corruption Forces Adelphia Communications to Declare Bankruptcy -- July, 2002: Journalist Alleges Release of Genetically Modified Corn Seeds in New Zealand -- August, 2002: Immunologist Resigns After Being Accused of Falsifying Research -- September 25, 2002: Inquiry Reveals That Physicist Jan Hendrik Schön Faked his Research -- September 28, 2002: British Politician Reveals Her Affair with Prime Minister John Major -- October 25, 2002: Historian Michael A. …”
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