Amazon.com description: Product Description: A powerful expos of the right-wing's efforts to shape the news. In recent years, right-wing foundations and think tanks with deep pockets and aggressive agendas have reshaped the national debate on the fundamental issues that affect all of us. In this provocative and well-researched book, investigative journalist Trudy Lieberman details how they have made the media unwitting partners in their mission. Lieberman traces the rise of powerful organizations such as the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, and the Manhattan Institute into savvy idea peddlers with millions to spend on marketing. Through case studies of four key policy debates--tax reform, health care, social security, and school vouchers--Slanting the Story demonstrates how conservative organizations have discredited their opponents, influenced the media, and engineered sweeping changes in public opinion and public policy. Finally, Lieberman warns that the growing power and influence of right-wing foundations and think tanks have profound implications for the future of American democracy, and suggests what we all can do in response.