| (Cross-posted from Arblogger, where else)
Wheeler shows with right hand how her book will grip and crush Bush administration
Speaking of women academics: as noted elsewhere on this site, Marcy Wheeler did a booksigning on Thursday for her new book "Anatomy of Deceit: How the Bush Administration Used the Media to Sell the War and Smear a Critic", at Kerrytown Concert House. She related various anecdotes about the dopiness of the "Main Stream Media" press (of course, the press have been pretty obseqious to the Bush administration); about the vagueness of "off the record" vis-a-vis her liveblogging the Scooter Libby trial; about how she got into all this from wondering about issues such as First Amendment protection for journalists who are little but shills for the government; etc. Of course, she also spoke about the need for citizen journalism, and transparency as a way to accountable government.
I asked her if she had a title for the next book, e.g., "The name is Bond. Deborah Bond" (Bond is the name of an FBI agent who has testified); there may not be a next book or a title, I found from her, but one can always hope.
Wheeler does hand thing, no symbolism this time (?) Then we all repaired off to the Aut Bar nearby, though I saw little drunken revelry. Relatively civilized.
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