''Banana Republicans: How the Right Wing Is Turning America Into a One-Party State'' is a

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and

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of the

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.Interview with the authors
/ref> It was published in 2004. In the book, Rampton and Stauber argue that a right-wing political machine, in the form of the

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and its functionaries in the

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establishment and

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, is undermining dissent and squelching pluralistic politics in the United States. In writing ''Banana Republicans'', Rampton and Stauber experimented with collaborative research, inviting

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users to contribute their own research and analysis while the book was being written.

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2004 non-fiction books Books about media bias TarcherPerigee books