Sound And Fury: The Washington Punditocracy And The Collapse Of American Politics: the Washington punditocracy and the collapse of American politics

The Story

Alterman's shrewd and entertaining new book proposes that our national political dialogue has become nonsensical, and that our politics are now enslaved by the sitcom-dominated values of the Washington pundits--the George Wills, the John McLaughlins, the Robert Novaks, and all the opinion makers who are regarded as authorities on government.