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You know what s really going on, don t you Flight 93 secretly landed in Cleveland, where the passengers were whisked off to a NASA facility Nostradamus predicted JFK Jr s plane crash, which was engineered by the One World Government Online poker sites are rigged to knock out the short stacks Donald Rumsfeld was behind the bird flu panic 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 And thousands if not millions of people actually believe this is the way the world works Debunked is a breezy but fact filled dissection of than two dozen of the most popular urban legends and conspiracy theories of the 21st century 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 each conspiracy theory, quotes some of the true believers and then tears the theory apart with his bare hands This book will provide you with invaluable ammunition for the next time you communicate with someone from that other, shadow world that place where secret tribunals pull the strings and influence the outcome of everything from terrorist attacks to professional sporting events. New Read [ Debunked! ] By [ Richard Roeper ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The subtitle of this moderately slender volume gives a fairly clear idea of its subject matter The book s problem is that it is a moderately slender volume, and it s attempting to cover an extraordinarily broad field The result is that we find here just a few conspiracy theories and a few urban legends for argument s sake I assume evil plots are conspiracy theories , a high proportion of which the author has room to treat only cursorily He further reduces his available space by devoting a The subtitle of this moderately slender volume gives a fairly clear idea of its subject matter The book s problem is that it is a moderately slender volume, and it s attempting to cover an extraordinarily broad field The result is that we find here just a few conspiracy theories and a few urban legends for argument s sake I assume evil plots are conspiracy theories , a high proportion of which the author has room to treat only cursorily He fu...Fun, silly, interesting, intriguing No hardcore conspiracy stuff here, just a lighthearted take on the many aspects of pop cultural conspiracy mania that dot the landscape.I ll admit it was humorous Beyond that it was just plain stupid To throw 9 11 and JFK alongside silly urban legends and American Idol is rigged is beyond being pot smokingly ridiculous.Quick read I laughed a couple of time Ok Maybe a littlethan a couple Where do people come up with this crazy crap A fun read if your bored or inbetween books.A breezy read, Debunked Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century completes the triumvirate of columnist Richard Roeper s anti B.S Book campaign Alongside Urban Legends and its companion, Hollywood Urban Legends, Debunkedadds a collection ofrecent scandals, rumours, and conspiracies the majority of which prove to be wholly fabricated, or at least with nothan a toe steeped in truth.Roeper s writing style tends to be decidedlypointed within th A breezy read, Debunked Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, and Evil Plots of the 21st Century completes the triumvirate of columnist Richard Roeper s anti B.S Book campaign Alongside Urban Legends and its companion, Hollywood Urban Legends, Debunkedadds a collection ofrecent scandals, rumours, and conspiracies the majority of which prove to be wholly fabricated, or at least with nothan a toe steeped in truth.Roeper ...The author takes a look at many of the conspiracy theories floating around and explains why people are misguided in believing them Roeper writes well, but in my view, he has not done a particularly good job for a few reasons.First, he takes on too many topics from sports to politics to religion And so the book lacks a coherent thread Each topic is dealt with very quickly, sometimes without really driving the point home The author s use of irony may seem humorous, but in fact, reduces the eff The author takes a look at many of the conspiracy theories floating around and explains why people are misguided in believing them Roeper writes well, but in my view, he has not done a particularly good job for a few reasons.First, he takes on too many topics from sports to politics to religion And so the book lacks a coherent thread Each topic is dealt with very quickly, sometimes without really driving the point home ...Richard Roeper has managed to complete a poorly written book on a subject of no importance Mr Roeper has attempted to explain how virtually all conspiracy theories are without merit For example he explains why the twin towers were not dynamited Well, no kidding Only the incredibly vacuous imagine a regular viewer of Entertainment Tonight or Judge Judy would give any credence to these conspiracy theories to start out with, so why would I spend time reading how something that is obviously n Richard Roeper has managed to complete a poorly written book on a subject of no importance Mr Roeper has attempted to explain how virtually all conspiracy theories are without merit For example he explains why the twin towers were not dynamited Well, no kidding Only the incredibly vacuous imagine a regular ...Debunked Oh really This guy picks some crazy ass conspiracy theory and supposedly debunks it Some of the ones he picks are so far out there that a fourth grader with a basic education and a firm knowledge of the alphabet could debunk it I was hoping for this guy to grab hold of one of the big ones and try to convince me that there is no conspiracy behind said theory Alas I still sit here a firm believer that Madonna and Bigfoot had a secret love child that was a result of a menage with Elvi Debunked Oh really This guy picks some crazy...Working at the library gives me a problem I see too many books, think they look interesting, and bring them home The backseat of my car is like a mini bookmobile And I never seem to have time to read any of the books I have out.I grabbed this book only for the chapter on American Idol I don t even watch American Idol, never have, but I felt I needed to know if the voting was rigged or whatever You know what I never even got to that part, because I reached the point where I knew I wouldn t Working at the library gives me a problem I see too many books, think they look interesting, and bring them home The backseat of my car is like a mini bookmobile And I never seem to have time to read any of the books I have out.I grabbed this book only for the chapter on American Idol I don t even watch American Idol, never have, but I felt I needed to know if the voting was rigged or whatever You know what I ne...This was a fun read, and not really all that long The author covers a variety of modern myths, some I didn t even know existed He has a good sense of humor, but also explained his position well I honestly find it amazing what some people buy into I m sure I m not perfect and probably have believed some urban legends in my day, but I don t remember believing any of the ones in this book, so that was reassuring I liked that he reviewed some movies from the conspiracy theory genre at the end o This was a fun read, and not really all that long The author covers a variety of modern myths, some I didn t eve...

Debunked!
  • English
  • 03 August 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 244 pages
  • 1556527071
  • Richard Roeper
  • Debunked!