Trust Us, We're Experts PA How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future

Name: Trust Us, We're Experts PA How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future
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ISBN: 9781585421398

ISBN-10: 1585421391

ISBN-13: 9781585421398

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Authors: Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber

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The book that unmasks the sneaky and widespread methods industry uses to influence opinion through bogus experts, doctored data, and manufactured facts. "Finally a long-overdue exposé of the shenanigans and subterfuge that lie behind the making of experts in America." (Jeremy Rifkin) "If you want to know how the world wags, and who's wagging it, here's your answer." (Bill Moyers) "Meticulously researched . . . Rampton and Stauber's documentation of PR campaigns proves that they are the real 'experts.' " (Brill's Content) AUTHOBIO: John Stauber is the founder and director of the Center for Media & Democracy. He and Sheldon Rampton write and edit the quarterly PR Watch: Public…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/14/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.49" wide x 8.24" long x 0.97" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Preface: The Smell Test



The Age of Illusion



The Third Man



The Birth of Spin



Deciding What You'll Swallow



Risky Business



Dying for a Living



Packaging the Beast



Preventing Precaution



Attack of the Killer Potatoes



The Expertise Industry



The Best Science Money Can Buy



The Junkyard Dogs



Global Warming Is Good For You



Questioning Authority



Recommended Resources


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Index