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Conspiracy theories, generally speaking, can be understood to be “the belief that an organisation made up of individuals or groups was, or is, acting covertly to achieve some malevolent end”. They can appear, in many cases, to be harmless enough, often tangled within popular culture. Is La Toya …
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A study on conspiracy theories by Joshua Hart, associate professor of psychology, and his student, Molly Graether ‘17, was cited by Thomas B. Edsall in a column in the New York Times. A subscription may be required to access the column. The 2018 research suggests that people with certain …
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One of the newest members of Congress is under intense scrutiny from her own party following her promotion of conspiracy theories and inflammatory comments supporting violence against other lawmakers. At least 67 House Democrats have signed on to a forthcoming resolution that calls for the …
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You hear much about conspiracy theories today. Of course, those in power point to us as wackos, radicals and even terrorist. We all know that the flat earth is one of the many conspiracies that the governments have perpetrated on us. But do you know that there was a conspiracy theorist 200 years …
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To the editor: Former President Donald Trump received priceless free publicity because his particular brand of scorched-Earth narcissism was entertaining. In retrospect, it was wrong for media outlets to give Trump that attention, because it helped elect him and led ultimately to the Jan. 6 Capitol …
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TribLIVE’s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. 11 minutes ago Warning: Disturbing stuff ahead. There’s a conspiracy theory called Frazzledrip. Even for QAnon types, it’s pretty fringe, which is saying something. Recall that the …
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It sounds a little dystopian, I’ll grant. But let’s hear them out. Right now, these experts said, the federal government’s response to disinformation and domestic extremism is haphazard and spread across multiple agencies, and there’s a lot of unnecessary overlap. Renée DiResta, a disinformation …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., shouts at journalists as she goes through security outside the House Chamber last month. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., shouts at …
Read More/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/9fcf2f7458c5df50facc6be5c40e44eb/Whitt%20Captiol%20Screenshot%20TT%2002.jpg "Texas Republican Party fires staffer for video at Capitol riot")
The Republican Party of Texas has fired a staffer after learning about a series of social media posts he made, including one that places him in a crowd of people steps outside the U.S. Capitol last month on the same day that a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the building. …
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The United States witnessed a comparable outpouring of misinformation during the 1918 influenza pandemic. There were widespread claims that compulsory medical treatments for U.S. soldiers at training camps and military bases were driving the disease. Despite their inaccuracy, the claims spread …
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