How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack

November 5, 2022 2020 election, marjorie taylor greene

Archived 4 years ago from The New York Times
How Republicans Fed a Misinformation Loop About the Pelosi Attack

WASHINGTON — Within hours of the brutal attack last month on Paul Pelosi, the husband of the speaker of the House, activists and media outlets on the right began circulating groundless claims — nearly all of them sinister, and many homophobic — casting doubt on what had happened. Some Republican …

Conspiracy

November 4, 2022 2020 election, covid19, maga, mike lindell, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from 90.5 WESA
Prominent conspiracy theorists are on a nationwide tour, speaking to crowds

JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul last week demonstrated how conspiracy theories can turn heated political language into violence. Online posts written by the suspect showed someone who was deep in the grip of conspiratorial thinking about 2020 election …

Conspiracy

November 4, 2022 maga

Archived 4 years ago from Southern Poverty Law Center
Conspiracy Theories About Pelosi Attack Spread Unchecked on ‘Alt-tech’ Sites, Conservative Media

The response shows Republicans and the far right pushing back in a unified way on critics who linked intemperate political rhetoric and political violence, in an effort to limit electoral consequences in the midterms. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and her husband, Paul Pelosi, …

Conspiracy

November 4, 2022 big tech

Archived 4 years ago from Scientific American
Internet and Extremism Experts Predict More Hate Speech and Conspiracy Theories on Musk’s Twitter

When billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk completed his purchase of Twitter and pledged that “the bird is freed” last week, Felix Ndahinda saw a threat rising on the horizon. Ndahinda has trained in international law and works in Tilburg, the Netherlands, as a consultant on issues pertaining to …

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November 4, 2022 adrenochrome, antivax, covid19, david icke, great reset, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from VICE
‘Lizard Elite’ Conspiracy Theorist Banned from 26 European Countries

David Icke in 2020. PHOTO: Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images The Dutch government has banned the controversial British conspiracy theorist David Icke from entering the Netherlands and basically all of the EU over concerns he poses a threat to public order, officials announced on Thursday. …

Ardern’s Propaganda reaches the Level of Insanity; People who question vaccine safety are linked to Nazis, ISIS, Terrorism, Serial Killers, Klu Klux Klan and “Darkness”

Conspiracy

November 4, 2022 antivax, deep state, nazi, qanon, russia

Archived 4 years ago from The Exposé
Ardern’s Propaganda reaches the Level of Insanity; People who question vaccine safety are linked to Nazis, ISIS, Terrorism, Serial Killers, Klu Klux Klan and “Darkness”

A few days ago, I wrote that last year’s government Covid advice about disinformation, when read today in the light of recently published science, was itself disinformation. That night I watched ‘Web of Chaos’, an hour-long Television New Zealand, TVNZ, government-funded documentary compiled with …

44% of voters think government is controlled by “secret cabal” in stunning poll

Conspiracy

November 4, 2022 qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Axios
44% of voters think government is controlled by “secret cabal” in stunning poll

Data: Benenson Strategy Group. Chart: Axios Visuals Joel Benenson, the renowned pollster for President Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns, gave a first look at the results of a question he’d never asked before: “We wanted to test QAnon’s language that the world is controlled by a secret cabal.” What …

Missouri leaders should condemn this weekend’s Christian nationalist rally in Branson • Missouri

Conspiracy

November 4, 2022 2020 election, 5g, maga

Archived 4 years ago from Missouri Independent
Missouri leaders should condemn this weekend’s Christian nationalist rally in Branson • Missouri

A traveling variety show of Christian Nationalism, anti-vaccine rhetoric and election conspiracies will make its final stop before the midterm elections this weekend in Branson. Headlined by Michael Flynn, Roger Stone and Eric Trump, the ReAwaken America Tour co-opts Christian language and worship …

Worries Grow That TikTok Is New Home for Manipulated Video and Photos

Conspiracy

November 4, 2022 2020 election, big tech, qanon

Archived 3 years ago from The New York Times
Worries Grow That TikTok Is New Home for Manipulated Video and Photos

Misleading edits, fake news stories and deepfake images of politicians are starting to warp reality on the popular video platform.The alligators of TikTok are not what they seem.They appear in posts scattered across the video service, photoshopped into hurricane-flooded homes, blended into …

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November 3, 2022 qanon

Archived 4 years ago
ICYMI: Extremist Michigan Candidates Peddle Conspiracy Theories, Anti-LGBTQ+, Anti-Abortion Propaganda – Human Rights Campaign

Radical MI candidates falsely claim LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies are “grooming” or indoctrinating children to be transgender THE PROPAGANDA: Gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon compared slavery to teaching about LGBTQ+ people and accused teachers of “grooming” children. Secretary of State …

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