Contents     

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

1.   THE OVERSIMPLIFICATION

2.   THE CHERRY-PICK

3.   THE BUTTER-UP AND UNDERCUT

4.   THE DEMONIZER

5.   THE BLAME THE BLOGGER

6.   THE RIDICULE AND DISMISS

7.   THE LITERAL NITPICK

8.   THE CREDIT SNATCH

9.   THE CERTAIN UNCERTAINTY

10.   THE BLIND EYE TO FOLLOW-UP

11.   THE LOST IN TRANSLATION

12.   THE STRAIGHT-UP FABRICATION

CONCLUSION:
THE CONSPICUOUS SILENCE

NOTES

INDEX