Hating America: The New World Sport (ISBN 0-06-058010-0) is a 2004 book by John Gibson

John Gibson (media host)

John David Gibson is an American radio talk show host. As of September 2008, he hosts the syndicated radio program The John Gibson Show on Fox News Radio. Gibson was formerly the co-host of the weekday edition of The Big Story on the Fox News television channel.-Early career:Gibson earned a BA...

, a Fox News pundit. The book discusses world reaction to the foreign policy

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 of the United States

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 after the September 11 Terrorist Attacks.

The book received mixed reviews, typically down partisan

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 and ideological lines. Publishers Weekly

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said that "by lumping this reluctance under the rubric of hatred, Gibson reduces serious policy differences to emotional animus

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," while a Townhall.com

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 review notes that "Gibson found countless examples of America-hatred

Anti-Americanism

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, supporting his thesis

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that many in the international community would like to see the downfall of America."