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BiEPAG Report: People in the Western Balkans believe in conspiracy theories about COVID-19 more than other Europeans – European Western Balkans

December 11, 2020 bill gates, china, covid19

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BiEPAG Report: People in the Western Balkans believe in conspiracy theories about COVID-19 more than other Europeans – European Western Balkans

WASHINGTON – People in the Western Balkans believe in conspiracies more than people in other parts of Europe, which reinforces their lack of trust in the institutions and ultimately poses a threat to democracy, are some of the main conclusions of the new Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group’s …

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December 10, 2020 5g, bill gates, china, david icke

Archived 6 years ago from Wiley
Pandemics, Power, and Conspiracy Theories – Costantini – 2020 – Critical Quarterly

‘Our culture is awash in conspiracy theories’, Joseph Uscinski recently observed to emphasise the crucial role the Internet plays in circulating a deluge of information and conjectures – including fake news – around the world.1 Sometimes created by powerful elites as parts of top‐down processes of …

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December 10, 2020

Archived 6 years ago from Daily Herald
A theory on halting conspiracy theories

Your Nov. 25 editorial wondered about why and how conspiracy theories attract so many believers. During the time leading up to and following the election, I’ve been amazed by the number of Trump supporters who believe everything he says without factual evidence. How could all these people believe …

Here’s what connects Covid denial and election denial

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December 9, 2020 fauci

Archived 6 years ago from KCTV Kansas City
Here’s what connects Covid denial and election denial

There are two core strains of denialism apparent in mainstream America today: that the election was a fraud and that Covid doesn’t exist. We’ve all heard how misinformation spreads like a virus. But we’ve watched it in real time over the past months. What ties these lies together: President Donald …

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December 9, 2020 trump

Archived 6 years ago from Forbes
Trump’s New Lawyer Has Promoted Birther Conspiracy Theories About Kamala Harris’ Citizenship

Topline As promised, President Donald Trump asked to join Texas’ longshot Supreme Court bid to overturn his electoral losses on Wednesday, but the president’s motion was not signed by a member of his campaign’s fabled “elite strike force” of public-facing lawyers — instead, the attorney of record …

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December 9, 2020

Archived 6 years ago from Reading Eagle
Letter: Conspiracy theories undermine discourse | Letters to the Editor | readingeagle.com

Editor: Most conspiracy theories are false, claiming that random events represent a sinister pattern to gain an advantage or to harm others. Often they are used by people or groups to secure power. Their frequency and uncritical acceptance increase during times of cultural anxiety and heightened …

EDITORIAL: Media literacy and its essentiality to a functioning democracy – Arizona Daily Wildcat

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December 8, 2020

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EDITORIAL: Media literacy and its essentiality to a functioning democracy – Arizona Daily Wildcat

From sensationalism, to bias, to flat-out false information, there are many ways the consumer can be bamboozled in the age of online and televised media. We are constantly bombarded with mediated information from all sides, whether it is over television, radio, newspaper or social media. At the …

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December 8, 2020 cdc, covid19

Archived 6 years ago from Smoky Mountain News
Conspiracy theorists continue to spread misinformation in Haywood

Weeks after controversy erupted after a mischaracterization of a routine local government housekeeping measure in Waynesville, conspiracy theorists continue to spread false information about COVID-19 and a purported mask mandate. The latest, a pair of videos posted to a Facebook group by Nikki …

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December 7, 2020 deep state

Archived 6 years ago from TribLIVE
Jonah Goldberg: Conspiracy theories have no place in serious conservatism

TribLIVE’s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. You aren’t a conservative if you believe in conspiracy theories. Before I defend this statement, I should say that as a general rule, I do not like statements that begin, “You …

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December 7, 2020 qanon

Archived 6 years ago from Baltimore Sun
Conspiracy theories have no place in serious conservatism | COMMENTARY

Burke’s argument was more about the nature of a just regime, but it rested on the belief that government planners, no matter how smart, cannot simply will into existence whatever they want the world to look like through raw intellect. This insight was fleshed out by Adam Smith, the Founding …

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