Summary Of Spun: Finding Facts In A World Of Disinformation

There is a lot of lying out there in the real word, so how do we avoid it? Simple! Learning about disinformation and the tricks people use to lie. Using the book un*Spun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation, we read Chapter 5 and wrote down all of the things you need to learn and what people do to trick you. In this essay that we were forced to do, we will tell you everything that we could come up with in Chapter 5 (Joe Flacco’s number. *cough* *cough*). Chapter 5 of un*Spun touched base on many lies that companies have come up with to get you to buy their product. It also taught us the importance of searching up the product/company and finding the facts. Because, at times, the easy route isn’t the route you should go. And sometimes, the shortcut can land you a trip to the hospital… …show more content…
For example, one man a couple years ago, despised paying taxes. One day, a businessman claims that he can work some stuff out so that the man doesn’t have to pay taxes. A couple months later, the man is billed $200,000 in fines because he was caught working with an illegal corporation. Another time, a man died because a company claimed to be able to completely remove his disease. Even though these cases may be extreme, even something small like online shopping can give you loads of debt. Another scheme that companies have created is called “the grey goose effect.” It is when companies raise their prices to give off the illusion that they’re of better quality than their competitors. When, in reality, the products are the same if not worse than their competition. Specifically wine companies have been found raising their prices 3x the amount of their competitors even though they taste the exact