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New study suggests that when deciding whether to believe in a conspiracy theory or not, the brain weighs up information from our own direct experience, what the media tells us, the expected cost or reward to us in believing the theory, and our prior views. Conspiracy theories explain social and …
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In mid-May 2022, eighteen-year-old Payton Gendron approached a grocery store in a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Buffalo, NY. He opened fire with a Bushmaster XM-15 semi-automatic rifle, killing ten people. The attack was one of the deadliest racist massacres in recent American …
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The local government election race is heating up, and around the country those who wish to represent their communities have thrown their hats into the ring. Before voting closes on Saturday, October 8, check out which candidates in your neighbourhood are running on anti-vax ideals, or with links to …
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Listen 7 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Tucker Carlson: “At the same moment that Biden is accusing Republicans of fascism, his DHS [Department of Homeland Security] has published a cartoon on Facebook urging children to report their parents to federal authorities if their parents …
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SciCheck Digest A post published in English and Spanish repeats the debunked idea that the current monkeypox outbreak might have resulted from a virus that was created in a lab. The post also baselessly alleges that the World Health Organization’s decision to declare the outbreak a public health …
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Topline Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday shared multiple posts from followers that made several evidence-free claims about the FBI, the Jan. 6 riots and Covid-19 vaccines on his Truth Social platform, which he has used in recent weeks to rail against the Department of Justice’s ongoing …
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Diana, Princess of Wales, died 25 years ago after a car crash in the Pont de l’Alma tunnel in Paris. Her death led to a global outpouring of grief and media attention. Much of the public reaction criticised the royal family for what many saw as an unfeeling response to the sudden death of the …
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An investigation by MintPress News has found that billionaire eugenicist Bill Gates quietly underwrites a slew of media outlets that present him and his endeavors favorably to the world. Gates has poured hundreds of millions of dollars – $319 million to be exact – into positive coverage from the …
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Marshall University’s Amicus Curiae Lecture Series on Constitutional Democracy is kicking off the 2022 fall semester and the 10th season with Dr. Joseph Uscinski, who will present “Getting Conspiracy Theories Right,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1. The lecture will take place in the Brad D. Smith …
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Listen 6 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Over the last several years, there’s been a considerable increase in media coverage about misinformation and conspiracy theories in politics. Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed the 2020 election was stolen, and his Jan. 6 “Stop the …
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