Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Poor Excuse for Journalism

I have read some of Vidal's biographies, and was interested in his analysis of the current political situation. I feel that we do indeed get a slanted version of the 'truth', and hope that by looking at many viewpoints with a critical eye, some semblance of the truth will eventually stand out. This book was less than helpful. I fail to see the value of the purely low-class cheap shots (e.g. on Barbara Bush's looks), the unsupported assertions (e.g. most of the 'incursions' vaguely listed 'we started') or the vapid sources quoted as 'research' (e.g. the Federation of American Scientists, neither a federation nor comprised of real scientists) in developing an understanding of the US position in the world. I have concluded that Mr. Vidal's writings were not rejected because they were unpopular. They were rejected because they were lousy.