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

Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber

Penguin Group US, Jan 14, 2002 - Business & Economics - 368 pages

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 Interest Reporting on the PR/Public Affairs Industry.

About the author

John Stauber (right) is founder and director of the Center for Media & Democracy. He and Sheldon Rampton write and edit the quarterly <i>PR Watch: Public Interest Reporting on the PR/Public Affairs Industry. They are the bestselling authors of Weapons of Mass Deception, Toxic Sludge is Good for You! , and Trust Us, We're Experts! In 2001, the National Council of Teachers of English gave Rampton and Stauber its annual George Orwell Award for exposing the use of doublespeak in American life.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Trust Us, We're Experts PA: How Industry Manipulates Science and Gambles with Your Future
• Authors: Sheldon Rampton, John Stauber
• Publisher: Penguin Group US, 2002
• ISBN: 1101144068, 9781101144060
• Length: 368 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Business Ethics; Business & Economics / Public Relations