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Author Roeper, Richard, 1959- author.

Title Debunked! : conspiracy theories, urban legends, and evil plots of the 21st century / Richard Roeper
Edition First edition
Published Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2008
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 244 pages)
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
Notes Includes index
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Subject Conspiracies -- United States.
Urban folklore -- United States
Conspiracies.
Urban folklore.
TRUE CRIME -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
Conspiracies
Urban folklore
United States
Genre/Form folk tales.
Folk tales
Folk tales.
Contes.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781556529641
1556529643
9781556529702
1556529708