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Old 27-April-2004, 03:17 AM
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Default Richard Belzer a woowoo?

I still can't decide if this book is meant to be humor or if he really is a CTist. He's a REALLY wierd guy so it is entirely possible that he is.

This book seems to be pretty old but I thought I'd bring it up anyway.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...622062-7163825

He even mentions the moon landing hoax but to give the man credit it seems that he thinks it's pretty much out there (judging from one of the reviews).

Humor or not, it sucks that he wrote such a book because believe it or not the man has some fans. My girlfriend loves his character "Munch" on Homicide Life on the Streets, for example. There may be those that buy into this garbage simply because a celebrity is saying it. Celebrities pull a lot of wieght sometimes and some people do take thier word for it (at least it somewhat legitimizes the subject matter a bit).

Another example of conspiracy theories being legitimized in popular culture. Too bad really.
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His character on the show is definitely a conspiracy theorist, so it's hard to say...
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