{"product_id":"brought-to-you-by-how-corporations-warped-the-truth-conned-the-public-and-broke-democracy-hardcover","title":"Brought to You by: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Westervelt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecommended by BILL McKIBBEN on the EZRA KLEIN SHOW\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A book that every citizen needs to read.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-JILL ABRAMSON, author of \u003ci\u003eMerchants of Truth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gripping account of the corporate propaganda that has invaded our media, our democracy, and now the very nature of truth itself-from investigative reporter and \u003ci\u003eDrilled\u003c\/i\u003e podcast host Amy Westervelt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether it's the tobacco industry lying about the health dangers of cigarettes, Big Pharma burying studies that make its products less marketable, or Big Oil misleading the public on the dangers of the climate crisis, we all know corporations use doubt and science denial to avoid responsibility. So why do we continue to let them get away with it? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBrought to You By\u003c\/i\u003e, Amy Westervelt exposes the plot hidden within the familiar story of science denial. Over the last century, Big Industry has built a vast apparatus of think tanks, lobbyists, sponsored university labs, and obliging news networks to con the public and fool decision-makers, poisoning the informational ecosystem and warping the nature of truth along the way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her signature wit and incisiveness, Westervelt shows how the masterminds of corporate misinformation-people like Herb Schmertz, the public relations pioneer who made Mobil \"the thinking man's oil company,\" Richard Edelman, the PR guy who helped the dairy industry vilify oat milk, and David Petraeus, the disgraced spy chief using counter- insurgency tactics to discredit climate science, have ushered in an era of unprecedented corporate control. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnly by exposing this well-oiled machine can we begin to repair the social contract; reclaim truth and democracy; and redraw the lines between corporate speech and individual speech, a lie and an opinion, a dollar and a word.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmy Westervelt, \u003c\/b\u003ean acclaimed investigative climate journalist and the author of \u003ci\u003eForget \"Having It All\" How America Messed Up Motherhood-and How to Fix It \u003c\/i\u003e, is the founder and executive producer of the Critical Frequency network, which includes the award-winning podcasts\u003ci\u003e Unfinished: Short Creek, This Land\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Drilled. Drilled \u003c\/i\u003ehas expanded from a podcast into a climate-focused global newsroom, co-publishing with the \u003ci\u003eGuardian, ProPublica, Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. She lives in Costa Rica.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.18 x 9.48 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67644182102336,"sku":"9781639736324","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0992\/4739\/1040\/files\/zEdGCR3lwC9781639736324.webp?v=1790765489","url":"https:\/\/bookapproved.com\/products\/brought-to-you-by-how-corporations-warped-the-truth-conned-the-public-and-broke-democracy-hardcover","provider":"Book Approved ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}