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unSpun

Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation

Brooks Jackson Kathleen Hall Jamieson

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English
Random House USA Inc
15 July 2007
In the tradition of How To Lie With Statistics comes a book about how to finds facts in a world of spin.

The founders of FactCheck.org teach you how to identify and debunk spin, hype, and fake news in this essential guide to informed citizenship in an age of misinformation.

Americans are bombarded daily with mixed messages, half-truths, misleading statements, and out-and-out fabrications masquerading as facts.

The news media is often too intimidated, too partisan, or too overworked to keep up with these deceptions.

unSpunis 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,unSpunreveals the secrets of separating facts from disinformation, such as-

. the warning signs of spin . common tricks used to deceivethe public . 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 ofpolitical deception andbiasedeportage to becomea savvier, more responsible citizen.

Praise for unSpun

""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.""-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
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Imprint:   Random House USA Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 12mm
Weight:   160g
ISBN:   9781400065660
ISBN 10:   1400065666
Pages:   208
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Brooks Jackson runs FactCheck.org and was previously an investigative reporter for the Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN. He is the author of Honest Graft- Big Money and the American Political Process and Broken Promise- Why the Federal Election Commission Failed. Jackson lives in Washington, D.C. Kathleen Hall Jamieson is the director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. She has written more than a dozen books, including Dirty Politics- Deception, Distraction, and Democracy and Everything You Think You Know About Politics . . . and Why You're Wrong. Jamieson lives in Philadelphia.

Reviews for unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation

“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


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