Profiles in ignorance : how America's politicians got dumb and dumber
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New York : Avid Reader Press, 2022.
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Valley Cottage Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
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Highland Mills-Woodbury Public Library Rushmore Branch - Adult Nonfiction | 320 BOROWITZ, ANDY | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Avid Reader Press, 2022.
Format
Book
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307 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The winner of the first-ever National Press Club award for humor, Andy Borowitz has been called a “Swiftian satirist” (The Wall Street Journal) and “one of the country’s finest satirists” (The New York Times). Millions of fans and New Yorker readers enjoy his satirical news column “The Borowitz Report.” Now, in Profiles in Ignorance, he offers a witty, spot-on diagnosis of our country’s political troubles by showing how ignorant leaders are degrading, embarrassing, and endangering our nation. Borowitz argues that over the past fifty years, American politicians have grown increasingly allergic to knowledge, and mass media have encouraged the election of ignoramuses by elevating candidates who are better at performing than thinking. Starting with Ronald Reagan’s first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and culminating with the election of Donald J. Trump to the White House, Borowitz shows how, during the age of twenty-four-hour news and social media, the US has elected politicians to positions of great power whose lack of the most basic information is terrifying. In addition to Reagan, Quayle, Bush, Palin, and Trump, Borowitz covers a host of congresspersons, senators, and governors who have helped lower the bar over the past five decades."--,Publisher's description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Borowitz, A. (2022). Profiles in ignorance: how America's politicians got dumb and dumber (First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.). Avid Reader Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Borowitz, Andy. 2022. Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber. Avid Reader Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Borowitz, Andy. Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber Avid Reader Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Borowitz, Andy. Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition., Avid Reader Press, 2022.
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