Debunked! : conspiracy theories, urban legends, and evil plots of the 21st century / Richard Roeper
- Author
- Roeper, Richard, 1959-
- Published
- Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2008.
- Copyright Date
- ©2008
- Edition
- First edition.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages)
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- Contents
- Evil plots. The steel didn't have to melt ; The Clinton kill count ; The conspiracy that won't Di ; The Kennedy assassination, 1999 edition -- The media. It's a media blackout ; Katrina and the waves of misinformation ; The vast left-wing conspiracy -- Sports and gaming. Online poker conspiracies flushed out ; the NFL: National Fixed-ball League ; Casino culture ; Curt Schilling and the bloody Red Sox -- Entertainment. The Sopranos' last supper ; The secret of The Secret ; Beware of false Idol votes -- Business. I'll have an iced grande vanilla nonfat conspiracy ; Rummy and the bird flu ; Evian is naive spelled backwards -- Miracles. Dead man talking! ; It's a miracle--that some people believe this stuff -- The culture. The "war" on Christmas ; Classical gas ; Warning: Jager bombs can kill you! ; The godless dollar coin ; Rock me Nostradamus -- Politics. Bush's mystery bulge ; Barack Obama: radical muslim! ; The hate crime prevention act -- Movies. Of Soylent Green and Men in Black: the best and worst conspiracy movies ever made.
- Summary
- A breezy but fact-filled dissection of more than two dozen of the most popular urban legends and conspiracy theories of the 21st century.
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- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781556529641 (electronic book)
1556529643 (electronic book)
9781556529702 (electronic book)
1556529708 (electronic book)
9781556527074 (hardcover)
1556527071 (hardcover) - Note
- Includes index.
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