Adam H. Johnson’s How to Sell a Genocide is available on Audible as a 7 hrs 44 mins unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gary Tiedemann.
Publisher’s Summary
As bombs rained down on Gaza in October 2023, images of mass death and destruction gripped the world, and openly genocidal statements from Israeli leaders foretold the magnitude of horrors to come. But the United States media was quick to downplay, obscure, and repackage an emerging campaign of extermination into a slick “war on terror” framework.
How to Sell a Genocide is a thorough indictment of United States corporate media’s role in enabling—and, at times, directly inciting—one of the most devastating campaigns of mass killing in modern memory. Johnson unpacks how major news outlets like the New York Times, CNN, and MSNBC systematically sanitized Israel’s war crimes, hid the United States’ central role, and dehumanized the Palestinian people.
Drawing from deep, original data-driven analysis, Johnson dissects the mechanics of propaganda, from the selective empathy, strategic omissions, overt racism and repetition of state-sanctioned falsehoods, to the demonization of humanitarian workers and dishonest coverage of campus protests. With clarity and moral force, Johnson argues that the genocide could not have been sustained without the active, sustained complicity of the United States media.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann
- Length: 7 hrs 44 mins
- Publisher: Tantor Media
- Release year: 2026
- Audible category: Business & Careers / History / Middle East
Listener Ratings
How to Sell a Genocide holds an average listener rating of 4.9/5 from 30 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 5.0/5
- Story: 5.0/5
- 5-star ratings: 93% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “Scathing indictment “
Johnson does a fantastic job of methodically showing the bias of the center left news establishment against Gaza. Incredibly well researched, it pulls no punches.— Robert Marquardt, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Great book”
If you can read or listen to only one non fiction book this year.. make it this one. Comes with the facts and receipts.— Amazon Customer, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Great analysis”
This book is impeccable researched and supported by clear evidence and well argued points. A great example of media criticism and a significant contribution to the history of media journalism and the culpability in genocide.— C.M. Manning, Audible listener
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