Outrage, Inc.: How the Liberal Mob Ruined Science, Journalism, and Hollywood – An Investigation into Progressive Gatekeepers and Media Bias - Hardcover

Hunter, Derek

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062835521 ISBN 13: 9780062835529

Publisher: Broadside Books, 2018

Synopsis

From Derek Hunter—one of the most entertaining political writers today—comes an insightful, alarming look at how progressives have taken over academia, pop culture, and journalism in order to declare everything liberal great, and everything great, liberal.

Progressives love to attack conservatives as anti-science, wallowing in fake news, and culturally backwards. But who are the real denialists here?

There are three institutions in American life run by gatekeepers who have stopped letting in anyone who questions their liberal script: academia, journalism, and pop culture. They use their cult-like groupthink consensus as "proof" that science, reporting, and entertainment will always back up the Democrats. They give their most political members awards, and then say the awards make their liberal beliefs true. Worse, they are using that consensus to pull the country even further to the left, by bullying and silencing dissent from even those they've allowed in.

Just a few years ago, the media pretended they were honest brokers. Now a CNN segment is seven liberals versus a sacrificial lamb. MSNBC ate their sacrificial lamb. Well, Chris Matthews did. Tired of being forced to believe or else, Derek Hunter exposes the manufactured truths and unwritten commandments of the Establishment. With research and a biting, sarcastic wit, he explains:

• The growing role of celebrities in the political world, and movies with a "message" that dominate awards season, but rarely the box office.
• The unquestioning reporting on "studies" that don’t prove what they say they prove.
• The hidden bias of "fact-checking," when the media cherry picks which facts they check.
• Celebrity scientists like Bill Nye and Neil deGrasse Tyson blending liberal activism with pretend expertise outside their fields.

Clever, controversial, and convincing, Derek Hunter's book gets to the root of America's biggest cultural war lies.

About this title

About the Author

Derek Hunter is a writer, columnist, and political consultant. He has worked at the Heritage Foundation as a health policy analyst; was federal affairs manager at Americans for Tax Reform, focusing on tech, education, and judicial policy; and was a cofounder of the Daily Caller. He lives with his wife and children just outside Washington, DC, in the People’s Republic of Maryland.

From the Back Cover

"Derek Hunter takes a scalpel to the liberal outrage culture and dissects it with the precision of a fine surgeon...then he breaks out the hammer and finishes the job. Outrage, INC., is thoroughly researched, and offers keen insight and biting humor. It's an important book documenting the left's manipulation of all aspects of our culture to advance its radical agenda."
- David Limbaugh, best selling author

"Outrage was a response saved for the most egregious offenses by those with a moral compass, but in today's society, outrage is a vehicle for attention, a substitute for informed debate, a tactic for the ethically rudderless. Derek Hunter walks us through how if everything is outrageous, nothing is."

- Dana Loesch, Nationally syndicated talk radio host, author.

"Suppress facts. Silence dissenters. Manufacture hate. Tolerate intolerance and violence in the name of social justice and peace. These are the radical commandments slavishly worshiped by the media, academia, and Hollywood. The result? Fake news, campus chaos, and non-stop propagandizing by celebrity hypocrites. In Outrage, Inc., the irrepressible Derek Hunter defiantly runs toward this out-of-control liberal mob and beats the bullies back with truth. Not "my" truth or "your" truth, but The Truth. Wanna trigger leftists? Buy this book."
- Michelle Malkin, author of Unhinged, Culture of Corruption, and Who Built That

"Outrage has become the newest weapon in progressivism's arsenal against truth. It accompanies 'science says.' Combined, the left wants to steer conversations in their direction and win arguments by rigging the system. Derek Hunter exposes not just the left's war on truth, but also how they're continually sucking the fun out of everything to promote outrage."
- Erick W. Erickson, best selling author, radio host, and founder of TheResurgent.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Broadside Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062835521
• ISBN 13: 9780062835529
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272