Fraud: The Strategy Behind the Bush Lies and Why the Media Didn't TellYou

Argues that George W. Bush and his supporters have engaged in an organized program of deliberately deceiving the news media and the American people about his intentions, beliefs, and policies.

Paul Waldman is a rising star in the world of political commentary. Formerly the associate director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, he is currently the executive editor of The Gadflyer, an Internet magazine about politics launched in January 2004.

In late 2002, Waldman published The Press Effect: Politicians, Journalists and the Stories That Shape the Political World, coauthored with Kathleen Hall Jamieson. Publishers Weekly called The Press Effect "fascinating, well documented and entertaining...Intelligent and timely, this is an important addition to the literature on media and current events."

Waldman's writing has appeared in the American Prospect, the Washington Post, Newsday and a wide variety of scholarly journals and edited volumes. He has appeared on The O'Reilly Factor and been quoted in outlets such as the Associated Press, Newsday and USA Today as an expert on media coverage of politics, and he has been interviewed on numerous radio programs, including the Diane Rehm Show, On the Media and the Leonard Lopate Show.

Waldman holds a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Pennsylvania's renowned Annenberg School and has been analyzing the interplay of media and politics for the last decade.