Debunked! : Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century.
Title:
Debunked! : Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century.
Author:
Roeper, Richard.
ISBN:
9781556529641
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (260 pages)
Contents:
Front Cover -- Front Flap -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- I EVIL PLOTS -- Chapter 1: The Steel Didn't Have to Melt -- Chapter 2: The Clinton Kill Count -- Chapter 3: The Conspiracy That Won't Di -- Chapter 4: The Kennedy Assassination, 1999 Edition -- II THE MEDIA -- Chapter 5: It's a Media Blackout -- Chapter 6: Katrina and the Waves of Misinformation -- Chapter 7: The Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy -- III SPORTS AND GAMING -- Chapter 8: Online Poker Conspiracies Flushed Out -- Chapter 9: The NFL: National Fixed-Ball League -- Chapter 10: Casino Culture -- Chapter 11: Curt Schilling and the Bloody Red Sox -- IV ENTERTAINMENT -- Chapter 12: The Sopranos' Last Supper -- Chapter 13: The Secret of The Secret -- Chapter 14: Beware of False Idol Votes -- V BUSINESS -- Chapter 15: I'll Have an Iced Grande Vanilla Nonfat Conspiracy -- Chapter 16: Rummy and the Bird Flu -- Chapter 17: Evian is Naive Spelled Backwards -- VI MIRACLES -- Chapter 18: Dead Man Talking! -- Chapter 19: It's a Miracle-That Some People Believe This Stuff -- VII THE CULTURE -- Chapter 20: The "War" on Christmas -- Chapter 21: Classical Gas -- Chapter 22: Warning: Jager Bombs Can Kill You! -- Chapter 23: The Godless Dollar Coin -- Chapter 24: Rock Me Nostradamus -- VIII POLITICS -- Chapter 25: Bush's Mystery Bulge -- Chapter 26: Barack Obama: Radical Muslim! -- Chapter 27: The Hate Crime Prevention Act -- IX MOVIES -- Chapter 28: Of Soylent Green and Men in Black: The Best and Worst Conspiracy Movies Ever Made -- Index -- Back Flap -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
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 believersand 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 is 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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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