JIM SPENCE: Covid is the new sex aliens for conspiracy theorists

July 13, 2021 antivax, david icke, great reset, roswell, ufos

Archived 5 years ago from The Courier
JIM SPENCE: Covid is the new sex aliens for conspiracy theorists

Police lead Piers Corbyn away from a lockdown protest in Hyde Park. Reading about Piers Corbyn, brother of Jeremy, at the weekend reminded me that in any contest between conspiracy theorists and cock-up theorists, my money is always on the latter. I’ve always thought incompetence and ineptitude are …

Conspiracy

July 12, 2021 alex jones, deep state, qanon

Archived 5 years ago from The Wall Street Journal
When an Online Conspiracy Theory Turns Deadly – The Journal. – WSJ Podcasts

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Chris Hallett: Okay, what’s going on, everybody. Sure you remember this from the Friday night show. Kate Linebaugh: This is Chris Hallett, a man from Florida with a Facebook group …

Conspiracy

July 12, 2021 big tech

Archived 5 years ago from The Washington Post
Analysis | The viral Twitter thread that explains right-wing conspiracy theorizing — if only inadvertently

You’re probably familiar with this version of events. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant obtained against former Trump campaign official Carter Page in October 2016 plays a central role in the overlapping ideas that the campaign was under close scrutiny and that the scrutiny was a …

QAnon moves from pro-Trump rallies to local schools

Conspiracy

July 10, 2021 antivax, qanon, trump

Archived 5 years ago from MSNBC
QAnon moves from pro-Trump rallies to local schools

Maybe it shouldn’t come as a surprise that QAnon, the once-fringe conspiracy theory with a cult following that buoyed former President Donald Trump’s campaign brand over the past few years — much like the former president himself — has refused to go away. Local schools are a target for good reason. …

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July 9, 2021

Archived 5 years ago from GPB News
Georgia Today: Why Family Says Conspiracy Theories Led to Ga. Woman’s Death In Jan. 6 Insurrection

Georgia Today: Why Family Says Conspiracy Theories Led to Ga. Woman’s Death In Jan. 6 Insurrection | Georgia Public Broadcasting

Conspiracy

July 8, 2021 alex jones, cia, deep state

Archived 5 years ago from The Economist
How wrestling, conspiracy theories and politics overlap in America

Jul 10th 2021 POLITICIANS EXAGGERATE, but understatement is a rarer quality. When in June Mitt Romney witheringly likened the conspiracy theory that last year’s presidential election was stolen to professional wrestling, the Republican senator from Utah might not have realised quite how apt the …

Can you hear the Hum? The mystery noise that says a lot about modern life

Conspiracy

July 8, 2021 5g

Archived 5 years ago from The Guardian
Can you hear the Hum? The mystery noise that says a lot about modern life

Maybe you hear it. A low frequency hum, almost a vibration, just on the threshold of human hearing. It’s not particularly loud. In fact, you might not have even noticed it yet – but once you do, you can’t stop hearing it. It sounds like a truck, idling on the street in front your house. Or the …

Conspiracy

July 7, 2021 cia, covid19, great reset

Archived 5 years ago from RTL Today
Fact Check: False posts target World Economic Forum founder with hoax Covid-19 conspiracy

An image circulating on the web suggests WEF head said ‘billions would die’ due to ‘organized epidemics’. An image has been shared repeatedly in social media posts that claim it shows a book passage where World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab purportedly wrote billions will die from ‘organized …

Conspiracy

July 7, 2021 2020 election, big tech, covid19

Archived 5 years ago from The Seattle Times
How a Minnesota man made a career out of anonymously amplifying dark conspiracy-theory plots

STILLWATER, Minn. — Sean G. Turnbull displays many of the hallmarks of a successful upper-middle-class family man, a former film producer and marketing manager for one of the country’s largest retail corporations who lives in a well-appointed home in this Twin Cities suburb. Former colleagues …

Conspiracy

July 7, 2021 covid19

Archived 5 years ago from The Washington Post
From corporate America to conspiracy theory promotion: How a Minnesota man made a career out of anonymously amplifying dark plots

Turnbull returned to Hodder, the film production company, and began producing television movies for major networks, he and former colleagues said. In the coming years, he co-produced television movie specials about popular shows, including one about ABC’s hit TV series called “Lost: The Final …

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