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Washington, D.C. — At a time of rising distrust in the news, internet rumors, and viral conspiracies, a national survey of more than 2,000 Americans finds a public ready to believe the accuracy of unproven or disproven claims. The report,
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Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Staff/Getty Images To most of us, the spread of conspiracy theories only makes a dark, chaotic world feel that much more so. Living through a pandemic is already a mind-bendingly bizarre and terrible experience; living through a
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The perpetuation of and interest in conspiracies has proliferated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Conspiracy theories often blend historical, religious, and scientific ideas by way of challenging “official” explanations of events and data provided by authorities, academics, and mainstream media. They
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Here’s a scenario you may have found yourself in recently: You open up Facebook or Twitter, and someone you know is posting about a conspiracy theory. You wonder, Do I say something? Is there any convincing them otherwise? For Jenny
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We’re now a couple weeks into a month that builds and normally ends with spooky sounds and strange costumes. Not sure we’ll end-up in that circumstance by the time that candy corn starts to harden this year. After all, it’s
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Advance NZ co-leaders Billy Te Kahika and Jami-Lee Ross, and a woman who was jailed for breaking isolation rules. Photo: RNZ / Liu Chen The conspiracy theories espoused by Billy Te Kahika Junior are many, varied, and well-documented. The Advance
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Followers of the online conspiracy theorist “QAnon” have propagated outlandish disinformation about secret plots by a “deep state” cabal of Satanic, cannibalistic child-traffickers out to “get” President Trump. How do these anonymous accusations spread, and what happens if Q believers
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As we often do, we had a newsroom conversation this week about who deserves coverage and who does not. There seem to be an increasing number of folks who grab headlines based on outrageous claims, following the lead, perhaps, of
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Conspiracy theories have always lurked in the background of U.S. political culture. Anyone with an imagination can come up with one. But our increasingly toxic political climate and the accompanying avalanche of conspiracy theories have exacerbated existing conflicts, leading to
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On Tuesday, Facebook announced that it would be expanding its ban on QAnon, and has since begun a purge of Groups and Pages that reference the fringe, far-right conspiracy theory. The announcement came less than a week after the United
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