The Brainwashing of My Dad: How the Rise of the Right-Wing Media Changed a Father and Divided Our Nation-And How We Can Fight Back
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- Author：Jen Senko
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Drea
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Well written book that gave me that feeling in my stomach that I remember feeling everyday during 45’s term; tension， chaos， conflict。 The strife in families was and is real and this well-researched book documents the fall into brainwashing of the author’s father。 It broke my heart but I found myself nodding along as I have decided to disconnect from social media from those who watch FOX and participate in the hysteria propagated therein。 It all makes me sick and makes me feel sad。 That said， th Well written book that gave me that feeling in my stomach that I remember feeling everyday during 45’s term; tension， chaos， conflict。 The strife in families was and is real and this well-researched book documents the fall into brainwashing of the author’s father。 It broke my heart but I found myself nodding along as I have decided to disconnect from social media from those who watch FOX and participate in the hysteria propagated therein。 It all makes me sick and makes me feel sad。 That said， this book helped me feel less alone if that makes sense。 Heartfelt thanks to Sourcebooks for the advanced copy。 。。。more
Suzi
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“The Brainwashing of My Dad” examines the rise of right-wing media and its effects through the lens of the author’s personal experience with her dad。 Jen Senko chronicles her dad’s descent from caring and somewhat nonpolitical into angry and combative conservatism （what she terms “Cult Republican”）， fueled by rhetoric and rage from Rush Limbaugh， Fox News， and their ilk。Ms。 Senko has done a phenomenal job of combining her family’s story with meticulous research to create a compelling and relatab “The Brainwashing of My Dad” examines the rise of right-wing media and its effects through the lens of the author’s personal experience with her dad。 Jen Senko chronicles her dad’s descent from caring and somewhat nonpolitical into angry and combative conservatism （what she terms “Cult Republican”）， fueled by rhetoric and rage from Rush Limbaugh， Fox News， and their ilk。Ms。 Senko has done a phenomenal job of combining her family’s story with meticulous research to create a compelling and relatable narrative。 She clearly analyzes the evolution of the Republican Party as well as the legislative and regulatory changes that paved the way for the right-wing media explosion。 Her conversational writing style makes complex subjects accessible， like the physiology of neurobiology and brain-washing。 Although the issues are complicated and there’s no easy fix， Ms。 Senko offers hope for the future and some ways that readers can take action。Jen Senko also directed a documentary also titled “The Brainwashing of My Dad” on this topic。 I highly recommend both this excellent book and the documentary to fans of politics and current events！ 。。。more
Michael Hassel
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The Brainwashing of My Dad- How the Rise of Right-Wing Media Changed a Father and Divided Our Nation – And How Can We Fight Back by Jen Senko Thoroughly enjoyed this book。 It lived up to its’ title and more so。 Ms。 Senko is roughly my age and I am from the same part of the North East US。 I sense she is politically center-left not by Trump standards a socialist， communist instead as she makes clear in the book one who is tolerant of all。 The real bonus for me in this book is she explains how the The Brainwashing of My Dad- How the Rise of Right-Wing Media Changed a Father and Divided Our Nation – And How Can We Fight Back by Jen Senko Thoroughly enjoyed this book。 It lived up to its’ title and more so。 Ms。 Senko is roughly my age and I am from the same part of the North East US。 I sense she is politically center-left not by Trump standards a socialist， communist instead as she makes clear in the book one who is tolerant of all。 The real bonus for me in this book is she explains how the right-wing media came about with changes in laws regarding cross ownership and more importantly no need to any longer present both sides or more of an issue in order to have an FCC license。 She mentions that the term “brainwashing” comes from the Chinese term of ‘washing the brain”。 Having studied the Chinese language， I love this type of creative word creation。 Also， the term “The Big Lie” come from mein kampf。 She describes the conversion of her father from a tolerant “old guy” to a hate filled person starting with the listening to Rush Limbaugh。 I recall many years ago hearing Rush and finding his comments not informative but shocking and comedic。 But her father like many bought into his diatribes I believe in part because as they aged， they saw life as well as their perception of the white guy’s future in America disappearing。 Her father finds like-minded men mostly becoming “ditto-heads” and so he is part of a group。 The next big step was the creation of Fox “News” and large comfy chairs where he father and like brainwashed men could hear repetitively all day lies that became their beliefs。I wish Ms。 Senko could offer an easy fix but I think there is not one。 I do agree perhaps if the rest of us and the “crooked’ media would label these people as cult Republicans or I would suggest cult conservatives， it might let the center Republicans take back their party。 Until something like this happens， it seems hard to see how we can have a governing center which is important for our democracy。 。。。more
Jen Juenke
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