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Frank Rich is an Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times, where he writes a weekly essay on the intersection of news and culture. Rich joined the Times in 1980 as chief theater critic: his theater reviews are collected in Hot Seat: Theater Criticism for the New York Times: 1980-1993. In his more than ten years on the Op-Ed page, Rich has developed a style of sociopolitical criticism informed by intensive reporting, immersion in popular culture, and a gift for total recall. In The Greatest Story Ever Sold, Rich delivers an indictment of what he calls the “propaganda presidency” with the candor and conviction that have made him one of our must trusted and incisive public voices