unSpun- Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation

✍ Scribed by Jackson, Brooks; Jamieson, Kathleen Hall

• Book ID: 107097195
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 1 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781588365828

✦ Synopsis

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...