Reviews
"There is brutal candour in Reed's argument, which often feels refreshing in light of the euphemisms and platitudes typically expressed in both polite discourse and the media's self-scrutiny . . . Whether or not one agrees with Reed, one can only be entertained by his gleeful barbs and edgy turns-of-phrase. He names names and shames with derision." --Montreal Review of Books, Among American writers, Ishmael Reed is probably the one whose sensibility is closest to jazz." — New York Times, "There is brutal candour in Reed's argument, which often feels refreshing in light of the euphemisms and platitudes typically expressed in both polite discourse and the media's self-scrutiny . . . Whether or not one agrees with Reed, one can only be entertained by his gleeful barbs and edgy turns-of-phrase. He names names and shames with derision." --Montreal Review of Books, "Amazed at the many fronts on which [Ishmael Reed] has gathered little-reported facts.... I hope his book will lead to more journalistic self-reflection and intellectual honesty. - Werner Sollors, Professor of English Literature and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University "The new book levels the charge that American mainstream media, dominated by white conservative-minded pundits, have set on a mission to "break" the country's first black president whose progressive ideals and objectives are anathema to the entrenched white moneyed establishment, which owns big media and manipulates it to inflame paranoid and racist sentiment among the white middle and underclass." - Hubert Bauch, THE MONTREAL GAZETTE (April 24, 2010) "Just finished reading the satirist and essayist Ishmael Reed's brilliant new book, Barack Obama and Jim Crow Media, The Return of the Nigger Breakers, and in response have yet again modified my media diet. " Jill Nelson, journalist, novelist, American Book Award winner. "Just when you think that Reed is exaggerating, or being one-dimensional in his analysis of racial issues, he'll open another page of American history and show you something new." - David Homel, Rover Arts, Montreal "Highly provocative."-Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "There is brutal candour in Reed's argument, which often feels refreshing in light of the euphemisms and platitudes typically expressed in both polite discourse and the media's self-scrutiny . . . Whether or not one agrees with Reed, one can only be entertained by his gleeful barbs and edgy turns-of-phrase. He names names and shames with derision." —Montreal Review of Books, "Just when you think that Reed is exaggerating, or being one-dimensional in his analysis of racial issues, he'll open another page of American history and show you something new." --David Homel, Rover Arts, "I hope his book will lead to more journalistic self-reflection and intellectual honesty." --Werner Sollers, Harvard University, "Just when you think that Reed is exaggerating, or being one-dimensional in his analysis of racial issues, he'll open another page of American history and show you something new." --David Homel, Rover Arts, "Just when you think that Reed is exaggerating, or being one-dimensional in his analysis of racial issues, he'll open another page of American history and show you something new." —David Homel, Rover Arts, "I hope his book will lead to more journalistic self-reflection and intellectual honesty." --Werner Sollers, Harvard University, "I hope his book will lead to more journalistic self-reflection and intellectual honesty." —Werner Sollers, Harvard University, "Among American writers, Ishmael Reed is probably the one whose sensibility is closest to jazz." -- New York Times
