MARC Record from marc_columbia

LEADER: 03444cam a22004334a 4500
001 4803859
005 20221103041410.0
008 040130t20042004nyu 001 0deng
010 $a 2004041856
020 $a1400061547 (acid-free paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm54407834
035 $a(NNC)4803859
035 $a4803859
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dOrLoB-B
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE839.5$b.G394 2004
082 00 $a070/.92$222
100 1 $aGermond, Jack W.$q(Jack Worthen),$d1928-2013.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79010469
245 10 $aFat man fed up :$bhow American politics went bad /$cJack W. Germond.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$c[2004], ©2004.
300 $axii, 224 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
505 00 $g1.$tIn defense of politicians -- $g2.$tThe mindless campaign -- $g3.$tEmpty rituals -- $g4.$tFairness or a reasonable facsimile thereof? -- $g5.$tA confessed liberal -- $g6.$tTV rules! : all hail TV! -- $g7.$tThose insidious polls -- $g8.$tLying about race -- $g9.$tSound and fury, signifying a gotcha! -- $g10.$tDealing with skeletons -- $g11.$tKeeping secrets from the voters -- $g12.$tThe good - or at least different - old days -- $g13.$tFooled again, and again -- $g14.$tWhy I'm fed up.
520 1 $a"In Fat Man Fed Up, Germond confronts the most critical issues raised by our election process and offers a scathing but wry polemic about what's wrong with politics in America." "Is there any connection between what happens in campaigns and what happens in government? And if not, where does the blame for the disconnect lie? Was Tocqueville right? Do we get the leaders we deserve? Indeed, according to Germond, the politicians aren't the only ones to blame, or even the chief culprits. He describes how he and his colleagues in the news media have been guilty of dumbing-down the political process - and how the voters are too apathetic to demand better coverage and better results. Instead, they simply turn away and too often end up enduring third-rate presidents." "Germond guides us through the fog created by candidates and the media. In this timely book, on one is let off the hook. Fat Man Fed Up is a bracing look at how we never seem to get the truth about the people we're electing."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1989.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140467
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1989-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh93001744
650 0 $aPoliticians$zUnited States$vAnecdotes.
650 0 $aPress and politics$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109555
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$xElection.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85106475
650 0 $aElections$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041561
650 0 $aPolitical campaigns$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109540
650 0 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108984
600 10 $aGermond, Jack W.$q(Jack Worthen),$d1928-2013.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79010469
650 0 $aJournalists$zUnited States$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008106101
852 00 $bleh$hE839.5$i.G394 2004