Fences and windows: Dispatches from the front lines of the globalization debate
by Naomi Klein | Other | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0676975518 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0676975518 Global Overview for this book
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Interested to see what I'll learn in this book.
What a disappointing book. By page 8 I was asking myself the obvious question "Why did I pay for this book? Why didn't Ms Klein simply post this information on the web to be downloaded and shared freely." She supports free sharing of all other things, like seeds, music, and ideas - why not extend that to her own writings????
But I read on...and was even more disappointed when I realized that the details and information on the events that Ms Klein is writing about are at times incorrect. Either Ms Klein did not experience some of these events first hand and received misinformation which she then wrote about (do journalists do that?!?!), or she did attend the events and has chosen to alter the facts to better support her arguments. For me this entire book is thrown into a questioning light based on the misrepresentation of facts by Ms Klein. While she may have some good points/thoughts/ideas, they are most definitely clouded over by her poor research/reporting. This one isn't done yet, unsure if I'll finish it, and it will end up in the trash bin.
But I read on...and was even more disappointed when I realized that the details and information on the events that Ms Klein is writing about are at times incorrect. Either Ms Klein did not experience some of these events first hand and received misinformation which she then wrote about (do journalists do that?!?!), or she did attend the events and has chosen to alter the facts to better support her arguments. For me this entire book is thrown into a questioning light based on the misrepresentation of facts by Ms Klein. While she may have some good points/thoughts/ideas, they are most definitely clouded over by her poor research/reporting. This one isn't done yet, unsure if I'll finish it, and it will end up in the trash bin.