Poliovirus Found in New York City Wastewater, Not Tap Water

August 18, 2022 2020 election, antivax, cdc, covid19, monkeypox

Archived 4 years ago from FactCheck.org
Poliovirus Found in New York City Wastewater, Not Tap Water

Quick Take Wastewater surveillance is a public health tool that can track the spread of pathogens. The virus that causes polio was detected in New York City sewage as part of such monitoring efforts. Social media posts, however, have incorrectly claimed the virus was found in tap water. Similar …

US FIRST: Most of the Food “Recalls” During the Pandemic Are Actually Foods Being Diverted to Government Storage Bunkers for the Rich and “Elite”

Conspiracy

August 18, 2022 covid19

Archived 4 years ago from Based Underground
US FIRST: Most of the Food “Recalls” During the Pandemic Are Actually Foods Being Diverted to Government Storage Bunkers for the Rich and “Elite”

The “uber-rich” of the world have an “escape plan” in place for the upcoming food shortage apocalypse, and they aren’t even spending their own money to prepare. Most of the food “recalls” for salmonella, e-coli, and “metal shavings” found in products is actually just a way to divert storable foods …

Conspiracy

August 18, 2022 alex jones, cia, covid19, genocide, illuminati

Archived 4 years ago from NBC News
How Alex Jones’ conspiracy theories won over my mother

Per his defense, when conspiracy theorist Alex Jones called the Sandy Hook parents crisis actors, “he was looking at the world through dirty glasses.” Maybe so. But he has built a career selling “dirty glasses” to people like my mother, a self-described “truther” who spread misinformation before …

Facebook and Instagram Remove Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Nonprofit for Misinformation

Conspiracy

August 18, 2022 antivax, big tech, covid19, rfk jr

Archived 4 years ago from The New York Times
Facebook and Instagram Remove Robert Kennedy Jr.’s Nonprofit for Misinformation

The social networking company said that Children’s Health Defense, a group led by Mr. Kennedy, an anti-vaccine activist, had “repeatedly” violated its guidelines by spreading medical misinformation. Facebook and Instagram on Thursday removed the accounts of Children’s Health Defense, an …

What Happened After the Digital Crackdown on Extremists

Conspiracy

August 17, 2022 5g, alex jones, bill gates, maga, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from ProPublica
What Happened After the Digital Crackdown on Extremists

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, an entire ecosystem of right-wing social media platforms has come into existence — from Gab (where the alleged Pittsburgh …

Conspiracy

August 17, 2022 2020 election, big tech

Archived 4 years ago from Vox.com
TikTok is great for spreading political messages — and conspiracy theories

A man sets his tactical gear bag next to the assault rifle on his bed, above which hangs an American flag. “Don’t mind me,” he says, “I’m just getting ready for my IRS audit.” This, pulled from a viral Twitter thread, was just one of the many TikTok videos that, explicitly or implicitly, threatened …

State officials move to curb another dangerous virus that threatens North Carolina

Conspiracy

August 16, 2022 2020 election, alex jones

Archived 4 years ago from ncpolicywatch.com
State officials move to curb another dangerous virus that threatens North Carolina

As the global pandemic has reminded us with tragic ferocity in recent years, viruses can, despite our best efforts, be enormously destructive and hard to contain – especially as our world has grown ever-more-crowded and interconnected. And sadly, that goes not just for physical viruses like …

Conspiracy

August 16, 2022 covid19

Archived 4 years ago from 90.5 WESA
Schools find conspiracy theories interfere with making classrooms inclusive

LEILA FADEL, HOST: School districts across the country are trying to make classrooms more inclusive. But misinformation is fueling fears of a hidden agenda, with baseless conspiracy theories being spread online, sometimes with the help of top elected leaders. We get a snapshot of how all this is …

Conspiracy

August 16, 2022 moon landing

Archived 1 year ago from New York Post
Moon landing conspiracy theorists say this photo is new ‘hoax’ proof

Earth to the internet! Online conspiracy theorists blasted off Wednesday over supposed “proof” that pop star Katy Perry and her all-female Blue Origin crew “faked” their mission to space earlier this week. Using tin-hat logic, skeptics pointed to landing footage that shows the celebrity space …

Conspiracy

August 16, 2022 moon landing, nasa

Archived 1 year ago from New York Post
You’re more likely to believe conspiracy theories if you have this bad health habit

Was the moon landing fake — or are you just really tired? Not getting enough sleep on a consistent basis has been linked to a higher likelihood of believing conspiracy theories in a new study by the University of Nottingham in the UK. The researchers found that people who had suffered from insomnia …

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