Newsfail: Climate Change, Feminism, Gun Control, and Other Fun Stuff We Talk About Because Nobody Else...

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Jamie Kilstein Allison Kilkenny

Newsfail

Climate Change, Feminism, Gun Control, and Other Fun Stuff We Talk About Because Nobody Else...

Jamie Kilstein, Allison Kilkenny

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Simon & Schuster
01 December 2015

Society & Social Sciences; Politics & government

#Newsfail is definitely not your grandmother's comedic-memoir-slash-political-manifesto. From page one (in a preface titled, In Which the Authors Interview Ralph Nader in the Bathtub ), comedian Jamie Kilstein and journalist Allison Kilkenny pledge to give you the news like you've never gotten it before.

On issues ranging from feminism to gun control, climate change to class war, foreign policy to net neutrality, they tell you how the mainstream media gets it left, right, and utterly, unforgivably, irresponsibly wrong-think Noam Chomsky as channelled by Fred and Carrie from Portlandia. #Newsfail is all this, plus the story of Allison and Jamie's own DIY foray into independent media via their podcast, Citizen Radio, which has featured guests such as Jeremy Scahill, Sarah Silverman, Glenn Greenwald, and Neil deGrasse Tyson, and been downloaded millions of times by people all over the world.

In #Newsfail, they make a strong case that a greater range of voices needs to be part of the national media discussion, including theirs. Their mission is truth-telling above brainwashing. All you have to do is listen.

By: Jamie Kilstein, Allison Kilkenny
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 241g
ISBN: 9781476783413
ISBN 10: 1476783411
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 December 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jamie Kilstein is a stand-up comedian, who has been featured on The Conan O'Brien Show, Showtime, Up With Chris, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, and NPR's Weekend Edition. One time, Glenn Beck called him a doofus, which is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to him. Allison Kilkenny has previously reported for The Nation and has appeared on MSNBC's Melissa Harris-Perry Show and Up With Chris, and Democracy Now. One time, G. Gordon Liddy told Allison that her writing makes him want to vomit, which is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to her.