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| Title: | Debunked!
: Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, & Evil Plots of the 21st Century |
| Author: | Richard Roeper |
| ISBN: | 1556527071 : 9781556527074 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 145x220mm |
| Pages: | 244 |
| Weight: | .562 Kg. |
| Published: | IPG (Chicago Review Press) - September 2008 |
| List Price: | 13.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Folklore: ENCYCLOPAEDIAS & REFERENCE WORKS: True crime: CONTROVERSIAL KNOWLEDGE |
As he did in Urban Legends and Hollywood Urban Legends, and as he has done in dozens of columns for the Chicago Sun-Times over the last decade and a half, Richard Roeper lays out the basics of the conspiracy theory, quotes some of the true believers -- and then tears the theory apart with his bare hands. 9/11 was an inside job. Lady Di and JFK Jr. were murdered. Heathens are winning the war on Christmas. American Idol is rigged. Barack Obama is a radical Muslim. The Secret will make you thin. The Virgin Mary's in the grilled cheese. That's what it's like to live inside the mind of the 21st-century conspiracy theorist, who believes that all you have to do is look at the signs and you'll see what's really going on! This book will appeal to the vast majority of readers who possess the common sense gene, as well as the vocal minority who believe they're living in a world in which secret tribunals pull the strings and influence the outcome of everything from terrorist attacks to professional sporting events.
