 First edition | |
| Author | Amy Goodman |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Hyperion |
| Publication date | April 14, 2004 |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Pages | 352 pages |
| ISBN | 978-1-4013-0131-6 |
| OCLC | 54066579 |
| Dewey Decimal | 973.931 22 |
| LC Class | E902 .G66 2004 |
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.
Contents
- Introduction: The Silent Majority
- 1. Blowback
- 2. OILYgarchy
- 3. Drilling and Killing: Chevron 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 Jessy
- 16. Hiroshima Cover-up: How the War Department's Timesman won a Pulitzer
- 17. The People's Airwaves
- 18. Conclusion: Free the Media
References
- "Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman doesn't hold back on her criticism of the mainstream media, the government and the status quo". St. Petersburg Times. July 9, 2004. Retrieved 2008-09-20.
- "PAPERBACK BEST SELLERS". The New York Times. May 1, 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-20.