Kathleen Hall Jamieson Quotes About Deception

• Spin' is a polite word for deception. Spinners mislead by means that range from subtle omissions to outright lies. Spin paints a false picture of reality by bending facts, mischaracterizing the words of others, ignoring or denying crucial evidence, or just 'spinning a yarn' - by making things up.

  Kathleen Hall Jamieson

  Lying, Mean, Reality

  Brooks Jackson, Kathleen Hall Jamieson (2007). “unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation”, p.7, Random House

• in politics as in life, what is known is not necessarily what is believed, what is shown is not necessarily what is seen, and what is said is not necessarily what is heard.

  Kathleen Hall Jamieson

  Deception, Politics, Said

  Kathleen Hall Jamieson (1993). “Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction, and Democracy”, p.16, Oxford University Press on Demand

• The assumption that seeing is believing makes us susceptible to visual deception.

  Kathleen Hall Jamieson

  Believe, Deception, Assumption

  Kathleen Hall Jamieson (1993). “Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction, and Democracy”, p.46, Oxford University Press on Demand

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