"Dan Brown begins his novel with a page entitled 'FACT', a page which contains assertions that the Priory of Sion is real, as is Opus Dei, and then concludes with 'All descriptions of artwork, architecture, documents, and secret rituals in this novel are accurate.' Now, Brown does not specifically include 'historical events' in that list, but when you take into account the effect he is trying to produce as a writer, the frequent references to real books by real authors, some scholarly, some not even close, but purportedly scholarly, the effect is clear - that Brown has woven a suspense tale around facts and serious historical theories, leading the uneducated reader to conclude that everything he says about say, Constantine, the Council of Nicaea, Christology and the formation of the Canon are accurate."

An analysis of why it's dangerous to try to present BS as facts and why you should care. Good stuff.