Indeed she does, and Naomi Klein tells lies constantly throughout the book. I highly recommend reading this article, which debunks the book at length. To give a few highlights:
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[li]Klein says that Milton Friedman was an “adviser” to Augusto Pinochet. This is an outright lie. In their entire lives Pinochet and Friedman met only once for a few minutes, and there is zero evidence that Pinochet was ever influenced by Friedman’s ideas.[/li][li]Klein lists Argentina as an example of a country practicing “contemporary capitalism”. In reality, Argentina has one of the world’s most centralized economies, and that’s been true for quite awhile.[/li][li]Klein says that the Tiananmen square massacre featured protestors opposed to capitalism being massacred by a government seeking to advance capitalism. This is the exact opposite of the truth. The government that did the massacring was, of course, the communist party; the protestors opposed the communist party and were in favor of democracy and freedom.[/li][/ul]
The list could go on for a very long time. Even though we’re all somewhat jaded by the many pundits who are less than intellectually honest, it’s still rather shocking to see Klein packing a whole book with these lies and being widely praised on the left.