"un*Spun" - Facts can save your life.

I found it oddly interesting that the basis of this chapter brought my thoughts to one of the basic human principles our parents [attempt] to teach us from the minute we're aware: "be honest", "don't lie", "tell the truth". from the moment we are able to recognize that we ourselves can create 'spin' [though at the time we just realize it to be 'fibbing', 'white lies', or an avoidance of what really happened], our superiors and elders pass down the moral lessons which tell us to be a forever good, honest, human being.

Of course, it needs to be realized that hardly any human being goes throughout life telling the truth, 100% of the time. And, just as our parents warned us, we experience consequences - when we're younger, we receive a time-out, teenagers get grounded, and once we're adults, we feel our disappointment in ourselves and have to deal with any effects of our dishonest actions. The latter is pointed out in multiple examples throughout the chapter, though the dishonesty discussed in the text is very much intended. Unfortunately, dishonesty in advertising and politics is spread to a much larger group of people, an audience that grows exponentially with every commercial or click of a computer mouse. Therefore, more people ["innocents"] may also be affected by the lies spread about for want of personal gain and/or profit, which may ultimately lead to unfortunate consequences for the victim, as in the case of the tax shortcut.