Editorial: Ruling against Alex Jones should serve as a warning to other professional liars

October 31, 2023 alex jones

Archived 3 years ago from St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Editorial: Ruling against Alex Jones should serve as a warning to other professional liars

By the Editorial Board There are few examples of behavior more malicious than Alex Jones’ grotesque lies about the mass murder of small children at Sandy Hook Elementary School more than a decade ago — lies that were, by any common-sense definition, willful.Yet a Texas judge’s ruling this month …

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October 30, 2023 illuminati

Archived 3 years ago from Forbes
Why The Denver Airport Started Embracing Its Conspiracy Theories

If you’ve traveled through Denver International Airport recently, you may have noticed some peculiar construction signs. Instead of the standard “pardon our dust” messaging, the airport openly flaunts its conspiracy theories, playfully referencing illuminati headquarters, lizard people’s lairs, and …

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October 28, 2023 5g, antivax

Archived 3 years ago from Dawn
NON-FICTION: THE TWO NAOMIS

Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror WorldBy Naomi KleinFarrar, Straus and GirouxISBN 9780374610326416pp. Naomi Klein’s new book Doppelganger reads like a spy novel — except that she’s spying on a woman she has often been confused with: Naomi Wolf. It’s easy to understand why the two have been …

Conspiracy

October 27, 2023

Archived 3 years ago from The Times
The new Tory conspiracy theory? A 15-minute stroll is ‘sinister’

When you’re younger, you know all the things that are controversial, divisive and outrageous. You hear about them the minute they break and have your own opinion on them 30 seconds later. That’s because “being young” is all about being “with it”, even if “it” is “a massively depressing culture …

Does This Photo Show a ‘Dead Gazan Body’ Miraculously Texting from Inside a Body Bag?

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October 27, 2023 gaza, israel

Archived 3 years ago from Snopes Fact Checks
Does This Photo Show a ‘Dead Gazan Body’ Miraculously Texting from Inside a Body Bag?

Claim: An image shared in late October 2023, showed a person who was killed during an Israeli attack on Gaza sitting and texting from inside a body bag, supposedly validating a conspiracy theory questioning the reality of the violence in Palestine. Context The in-question image was captured in …

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October 27, 2023

Archived 3 years ago from Offaly Independent
New documentary looks at impact of misinformation and conspiracy in Ireland

Published: Fri 27 Oct 2023, 11:18 AM Last updated: Sun 29 Oct 2023, 3:09 PM James Cox A new documentary Fear and Mistrust “delves deep into the growing wave of fear, mistrust, and anger fuelled by misinformation and conspiracy theories in Ireland”. It is set to air this Saturday, October 28th on …

X Users Falsely Claim Video of 2017 Attack on Philippines Church Shows Hamas Attack in Gaza

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October 26, 2023 gaza, israel

Archived 3 years ago from Polygraph.info
X Users Falsely Claim Video of 2017 Attack on Philippines Church Shows Hamas Attack in Gaza

Blued-checked users with an active subscription to X Premium continue to use the social media platform to spread disinformation about the Israel-Hamas conflict. Their tactics include recycling old footage and misattributing it either to the Israeli armed forces or to Hamas and Palestinians, …

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October 26, 2023 cia, gang stalking, mkultra

Archived 3 years ago from Newsweek
Maine shooting suspect’s military background fuels conspiracy theories

News that a suspected mass shooter with a military background—who remains at large in Maine—has sparked wild theories that he was the subject of government testing or had taken psychotropic drugs.Robert Card, 40, of Bowdoine, to the east of Lewiston, has been identified as a person of interest in …

Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barcelona Clash Between Pro-Palestine Protesters, Police In 2023 — It’s Footage Of A COVID Anti-Lockdown Protest

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October 25, 2023 covid19, israel

Archived 3 years ago from Lead Stories
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show Barcelona Clash Between Pro-Palestine Protesters, Police In 2023 — It’s Footage Of A COVID Anti-Lockdown Protest

2020 Incident Does a video show a dispute between pro-Palestinian protesters and police in Barcelona, Spain, during the 2023 Hamas-Israel conflict? No, that’s not true: The video dates back to 2020, almost three years before the conflict arising from Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. …

China Falsely Denies Disinformation Campaign Targeting Canada’s Prime Minister

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October 25, 2023 china

Archived 3 years ago from Polygraph.info
China Falsely Denies Disinformation Campaign Targeting Canada’s Prime Minister

On October 23, Canada’s Foreign Ministry said it had discovered a disinformation campaign, likely tied to China, aimed at discrediting dozens of Canadian politicians, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.The ministry said the campaign took place in August and September. It used new and hijacked …

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