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unSpun - Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation (Paperback)
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unSpun - Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation (Paperback)
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Loot Price R474
Discovery Miles 4 740
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Americans are bombarded daily with mixed messages, half-truths,
misleading statements, and out-and-out fabrications masquerading as
facts. The news media-once the vaunted watchdogs of our
republic-are often too timid or distracted to identify these
deceptions.
"unSpun" is the secret decoder ring for the twenty-first-century
world of disinformation. Written by Brooks Jackson and Kathleen
Hall Jamieson, the founders of the acclaimed website FactCheck.org,
unSpun reveals the secrets of separating facts from disinformation,
such as:
- the warning signs of spin, hype, and bogus news
- common tricks used to deceive us
- how to find trustworthy and objective sources of information
Telling fact from fiction shouldn't be a difficult task. With this
book and a healthy dose of skepticism, anyone can cut through the
haze of biased media reportage to be a savvier consumer and a
better-informed citizen.
"Read this book and you will not go unarmed into the political wars
ahead of us. Jackson and Jamieson equip us to be our own truth
squad, and that just might be the salvation of democracy."
-Bill Moyers
"THE DEFINITIVE B.S. DETECTOR-AN ABSOLUTELY INVALUABLE
GUIDEBOOK."
-Mark Shields, syndicated columnist and political analyst, NewsHour
with Jim Lehrer
""unSpun" is an essential guide to cutting through the political
fog. Just in time for the 2008 campaign, Brooks Jackson and
Kathleen Hall Jamieson have written a citizen's guide to avoiding
the malarkey of partisan politics."
-Mara Liasson, NPR national political correspondent
"The Internet may be a wildly effective means of communication and
an invaluable source of knowledge, but it has also become a new
virtual haven for scammers-financial, political, even personal.
Better than anything written before, unSpun shows us how to
recognize these scams and protect ourselves from them."
-Craig Newmark, founder and customer service representative,
Craigslist.org
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