Who’s Getting Dirtier?

McCain on Illegal Immigration 2008

McCain on Illegal Immigration 2008

• Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson in their new book release, “Unspun-finding    facts in a world of [disinformation]”, give the reader several “lessons” to learn in discerning the difference between truth, fiction, and spin.

The Tie between Money and Success

Chapter Five

In chapter 5 of Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson's book, Unspun finding facts in a world of [disinformation], we learn that lack of knowledge and ignorance can lead to more than just bad grades and over-priced car insurance. These two factors are the cause of problems from losing your identity to losing your life. Pay attention and learn how to protect yourself and others from making these same mistakes.

The gloves are off in the presidential race to the White House. The blows have been brutal but just because they’re hard hitting doesn’t necessarily mean they’re factual. The runners in the race are Senator John McCain for the Republicans and Senator Barack Obama for the Democrats. Like a relay race certain issues are handed off to one another, which I certainly think will be the case when President George W. Bush finishes his leg and maybe hands his baton over to Senator McCain.

What is a word made of? A couple or an “average” amount of letters, maybe a dash, hyphen, or even an apostrophe…so why does a word have so much power? It’s just a few symbols strung together. Wikipedia defines the word “word” as “a unit of language that carries meaning and consists of one or more morphemes (symbols) which are linked more or less tightly together, and have a phonetical (sounds of human speech) value”. So why exactly do we care so much about specific words?

Brooks Jackson and Kathleen Hall Jamieson in writing Unspun: finding facts in a world of [disinformation] are bringing attention to the misinformed, naïve, and trusting public to the use of tall tales or “spinning” that is used to push or pull us in a very specific, but discreet, direction. There are several outlets for “outright dishonesty, misrepresentation, and a lack of respect for facts” that are used by, but not limited to, the following; advertisers, media outlets, politics in conjunction with the media, and the all-mighty internet.