The best section of this book is the fifty-odd pages on the topic of
conspiracy. Parenti criticizes other leftists such as Erwin Knoll, Chip
Berlet, Alexander Cockburn, and Noam Chomsky for their phobia on this topic.
As he points out, many of those who complained about the movie "JFK" have
yet to read their first book about the assassination. Instead, they imply
that examining the evidence is a diversion from true progressivism. Beyond
that, they might denounce "scapegoating conspiracism," as if conspiracies
never existed, or have always been unimportant. Conspiracy phobia is also
a staple of our major news media -- for obvious, self-interested reasons.
Fortunately, media criticism is another topic on which Parenti excels.
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