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Sinatra had been one of the first artists to start his own record label (Reprise, in 1961): This was recognized in the late '70s as proof of his artistic integrity and a kick in the smug face of corporate music.
Moyers' smug piety does not diminish his very real achievement: He has spent his life trying to bring moral seriousness to television.
Yes, the book as a whole is insufferably smug (with Cornel West at the head of the smirking line) and politically correct.
I found it so oppressively smug that I had to get up and pace the aisles three or four times, and I'd have bolted if I hadn't been duty bound to stick it out.
But so much of his writing is smug and sanctimonious--he knows all the answers, and if the rest of us would just listen and follow his advice, the world would be a better place.