The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

The text begins with the following quotes:

• Thomas Friedman
  • "The thing about the Golden Straitjacket is, the tighter you wear it, the more gold it produces."
• Ray Kroc[?]
  • "We cannot trust some people who are non-conformists."
• Pat Robertson
  • "I don't have to be nice to the spirit of the Anti-Christ."

Palast then begins his introduction:

• "You read the papers and watch television, so you know the kind of spider-brained, commercially poisoned piece-of-crap reporting you get in America..."

Quotes Regarding The Book

• Guerilla News Network[?]
  • "Will shock even the most informed reader."
• International Monetary Fund
  • "Hearsay and misinformation."
• Harpers & Queen[?]
  • "Tony Blair's nightmare."
• Vincent Bugliosi[?]
  • "Astonishing"
• Joe Conason[?]
  • "Exposes the most unappetizing aspects of globalization. Readers who think they can no longer be shocked...well, they're in for a shock."
• Laura Flanders[?]
  • "George Bush's nightmare."
• Michael Moore
  • "Courageous reporting!"
• John Pilger
  • "The information is a hand grenade."
• Mark Thomas
  • "Fucking brilliant brilliant."
• Andrew Tobias[?]
  • "Should be read all over America."

See also:

• Lobbygate[?]