Bullspotting ─ Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation

Collins, an attorney who created a website that debunks fallacies about the citizenship of President Obama, shows readers how to apply the tools of critical thinking to identify common features and trends in misinformation campaigns. He uses examples of various types of conspiracy theorists and reality deniers, such as Holocaust deniers, birthers, moon-landing denialists, 9/11 and JFK assassination conspiracy theorists, false quotations, hoaxes, UFOs, homeopathic medicine, tax protestors, and vaccine denialists, to show how rumors are started and the types of rhetorical techniques and logical fallacies found in misleading or false claims. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Loren Collins (Atlanta, GA) has been published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on the topics of misinformation and critical thinking. An attorney and firm associate with the Law Office of W. Bryant Green, III, P. C., he is the creator of www.BirthofaNotion.com, a website that debunks the fallacies propounded by "birthers" regarding the legitimacy of President Barack Obama's US citizenship.