As for the distortion thing, I've noticed that this does tend to happen. I'm not saying it's always the author doing deliberately, but perhaps they listen to others without checking facts first. For instance, Rowling did not 'major in mythology' at Exeter. For a start, the British University system of the time had no concept of 'majoring' (you simply did a degree in a particular subject) and in fact she studied French. On another thread, a poster seemed to be implying that Rowling must have had rich parents (or implied financial backing from some unamed organisation) to afford to attend Exeter, when in fact University education in Britain at the time was completely free.
It seems that some authors distort facts for their own audience (American Christians in most of the cases I've seen, who of course don't know the British system) in order to bolster their cases.
FOr me peronally thought, the line . He wasn't aware that those in Wicca, take great joy out of seducing Christian children into Wicca is really aggravating, as it simply is not true.