Roxanne Z. (Sharpie) reviewed Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future on + 20 more book reviews
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The authors are affiliated with the non-profit Center for Media and Democracy, and they write and edit for the Center's quarterly, . Here they detail sneaky methods industry uses to influence public opinion through bogus experts, doctored data, and manufactured facts. They discuss examples of "perception management" and consider some characteristics of human psychology that make this kind of hard sell possible. Examples are given in biotechnology, lead exposure, cancer research, and the tobacco industry. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
H M. (anchovy) reviewed Trust Us, We're Experts: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles With Your Future on + 296 more book reviews
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"Media critics John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton would like American consumers to become better spin detectors. Behind much of what we read in newspapers or hear on TV, they say, are not cold, hard facts, but public relations specialists, who are masters at 'spin control,' directing what information is presented, by whom and in what context." -Anita Manning, USA Today.
A fascinating look at how "cold, hard facts" can be mercilessly made to say things completely opposite what they should be telling us. A worrysome cautionary tale, but definitely worth reading!
A fascinating look at how "cold, hard facts" can be mercilessly made to say things completely opposite what they should be telling us. A worrysome cautionary tale, but definitely worth reading!
