The Exception to the Rulers
Encyclopedia
The Exception to the Rulers is a 2004 non-fiction book co-authored by American liberal journalists Amy
and David Goodman. It reached number 12 in the New York Times Best Seller list
for non-fiction paperbacks in 2005.
Amy Goodman
Amy Goodman is an American progressive broadcast journalist, syndicated columnist, investigative reporter and author. Goodman is the host of Democracy Now!, an independent global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the internet.-Early life:Goodman was born in Bay Shore, New York...
and David Goodman. It reached number 12 in the New York Times Best Seller list
New York Times Best Seller list
The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. It is published weekly in The New York Times Book Review magazine, which is published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and as a stand-alone publication...
for non-fiction paperbacks in 2005.
Contents
- Introduction: The Silent Majority
- 1. BlowbackBlowback (intelligence)Blowback is the espionage term for the violent, unintended consequences of a covert operation that are suffered by the civil population of the aggressor government...
- 2. OILYgarchy
- 3. Drilling and Killing: ChevronChevron CorporationChevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation headquartered in San Ramon, California, United States and active in more than 180 countries. It is engaged in every aspect of the oil, gas, and geothermal energy industries, including exploration and production; refining,...
and Nigeria’s Oil Dictatorship - 4. Crackdown
- 5. Smackdown
- 6. Lockdown
- 7. Lies of Our Times
- 8. State Media, American Style
- 9. In Bed with the Military
- 10. Killing the Messenger
- 11. Sanitized
- 12. Going to Where the Silence Is
- 13. Not on Bended Knee
- 14. Psyops Comes Home
- 15. Things Get Messy with Sally JessySally Jessy RaphaëlSally Lowenthal , better known as Sally Jessy Raphael, is an American talk show host, known for the eponymous Sally talk show she hosted for two decades.-Early years:...
- 16. Hiroshima Cover-up: How the War Department’s Timesman won a PulitzerPulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
- 17. The People’s Airwaves
- 18. Conclusion: Free the Media