Profiles in ignorance : how America's politicians got dumb and dumber
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Published
New York : Avid Reader Press, 2022.
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307 pages ; 22 cm
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Nonfiction - Adult Books
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Published
New York : Avid Reader Press, 2022.
Format
Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-293) and index.
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"Borowitz argues that over the past fifty years, American politicians have grown increasingly allergic to knowledge, and mass media have encouraged the election of ignoramuses by elevating candidates who are better at performing than thinking. Starting with Ronald Reagan's first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and culminating with the election of Donald J. Trump to the White House, Borowitz shows how, during the age of twenty-four-hour news and social media, the US has elected politicians to positions of great power whose lack of the most basic information is terrifying. In addition to Reagan, Quayle, Bush, Palin, and Trump, Borowitz covers a host of congresspersons, senators, and governors who have helped lower the bar over the past five decades"--,Provided by publisher.
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