Unspun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation

Unspun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation Book Description

From the creators of FactCheck.org comes a practical guide to exposing the tricks of the disinformation trade and finding facts in a world of spin.
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 newvirtual 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

Kathleen Hall Jamieson has contributed to Unspun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation as an author. Kathleen Hall Jamieson is the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication and Walter and Leonore Annenberg Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. An expert on political campaigns, Dr. Jamieson has received numerous teaching and service awards including the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Award. She is the recipient of many fellowships and grants including support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, The Ford Foundation, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The MacArthur Foundation, and The Carnegie Corporati

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