Comments about Danny Schechter
"In the era of the incredibly shrinking sound bite, Producer Danny Schechter stands apart." -- The Associated Press
"As News Dissector on Boston Radio, Danny Schechter literally educated a generation." -- Noam Chomsky, Author, Political Activist
"We need 50, 100, a l000 Danny Schechters. And we need everyone to take his words to heart." -- Robert W. McChesney, Media Historian
Reviews and Comments
"The long time human rights activist, filmmaker Danny Schechter, was among the first to warn of the foreclosure crisis and the "sub-crime" threat to our economy. Now that the markets are melting down, it's essential to share his timely investigation of the causes of this debacle. Plunder is an important book that we all wish didn't have to be written." -- Reverend Jesse Jackson, President, Rainbow-Push Coalition
"You've been riding the bucking bronco of the symptoms -- credit card debt, development-run-rampant, foreclosures, rising prices, stock market chaos. You have your suspicions, but you don't really know what's going on. Read Plunder. Weep. Then get active." -- Chellis Glendinning, author of Off the Map: An Expedition Deep into Empire and the Global Economy
"This man is doing God's work. His very impressive biography at Globalvision doesn't even include his latest works, notably the films "Weapons of Mass Deception: Media Complicity and the Iraq War" and "In Debt We Trust," the latter on a subject - US debt - upon which Schecter was painfully ahead of the curve and which his daily blog/newsletter remains about the most comprehensive and honest source around. He is one of the ten essential journalists." -- Blogger Michael Horan
"No one does it better than Danny Schechter. His spot-on analysis of the financial crisis in his new book "Plunder" reads more like a Tom Clancy thriller than a meticulous investigation of the biggest ripoff in US history. This is a real page-turner.
Schechter walks us through the jungle of odd-named derivatives and financial products that were used to dupe gullible investors out of their life savings. He's done his homework, too, and understands how Wall Street really works; the "dark pool" trading, the off-balance sheets operations, and the Enron-like accounting. It's a moral swamp. "Plunder" casts a spotlight on the market's back alleys where all the biggest rats are hiding.
Bravo, Danny. You've done it again!" -- Mike Whitney, writer for many web sites on current economic issues.
"This is a really good book, Danny. You've put the pieces together and shown the big picture of the massive debt fraud, and convicted the perps with their own words." -- Michael Hudson, formerly with Chase Bank, economist, professor, author, advisor to the Kucinich campaign on economic issues.
"Schechter's book is timely, important, and frightening. He does a masterful job deconstructing a complicated subject. One covered up in the mainstream. Its dark side papered over and suppressed." --Stephen Lendman is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization.