unspun

//Chapter 2 discusses the warning signs of trickery. For each of the terms, cite an example used by the authors to illustrate the term. Then cite an example that comes from your own observation, experience, or reading.//


 * If It's Scary, Be Wary
 * A Story That's Too Good
 * The Dangling Comparison
 * The Superlatives Swindle
 * Pay You Tuesday
 * The Blame Game
 * Glittering Generalities

//Chapter 3 is about tricks of the deception trade. For each of the terms, cite an example used by the authors to illustrate the term. Then cite an example that comes from your own observation, experience, or reading.//


 * Misnomers
 * Frame It, Claim It
 * Weasel Words
 * Eye Candy
 * Average Bear
 * Baseline Bluff
 * Literally True Falsehood
 * Implied Falsehood

//Chapter 4. Why can people be so unreasonable and hard to convince? Sobering fact: this includes all people - even you and me.//
 * Moonbat Effect
 * The Third Person Effect
 * Root for My Side trap
 * I Know I'm Right trap
 * The Close Call trap

//Chapter 5// Examples of how getting the facts right can save your money, your health, even your freedom.

//Chapter 6 - Lessons// Use the Guide to Testing Evidence on page 121-122 as you examine your best, original example of spin in advertising and politics.
 * Don't confuse anecdotes with data
 * Remember the blind man and the elephant
 * Not all "studies" are equal
 * Saying it doesn't make it so
 * Extraordinary claims need extraordinary evidence
 * Things that also do not count as evidence
 * Appeals to authority
 * Appeals to popularity
 * Faulty logic