Still, they say, it is not too early to begin separating the parts of the boom that remain vulnerable to debunking from those that seem solid.
The story earned a debunking from Snopes.com, a website that dispels urban legends, email chain letters and fake news stories.
And news organizations instinctively debunk scoops from their competitors, especially those in smaller markets.
This orgy of debunking distracts from the book's main point, which is an important one.
As David Goldblatt shows in this bracingly debunking history, from the outset the Games have been a way to project a view of the world, usually based on ugly politics and bogus science.
"There is a wide range of literature supporting this view, particularly with regard to child development, making it plausible and, thus, rational for legislators to believe," the brief continues, citing widely debunked research from Mark Regnerus.
Other pieces of the campaign, which includes out-of-home and print, are social videos that show successful alumni debunking claims from social media that the school "gives you a degree and a higher GPA... all you've gotta do is show up".
The Clean Energy Council said the review would give it a chance to demonstrate the huge benefits of the target, and "debunk" misleading claims from critics.
The report also seeks to debunk persistent claims from Afghan officials that Taliban were fighting inside the hospital at the time of the attack.
But I'd rather debunk this folly from the standpoint of human freedom.
