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Jason Lewis, the former talk radio host and one term Republican congressman veered into debunked conspiracy theories about wildfires and urban rioting during a debate with Sen. Tina Smith in their U.S. Senate race. Regarding wildfires in the West, he
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Disinformation successfully obscured the real causes of Australia’s catastrophic bushfire season. Now the same thing is happening around me, as I report on a disastrous wildfire season in the American west. In both countries, the response to a pandemic is
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Gaige Grosskreutz wasn’t even out of the hospital when his phone started blowing up. Shot point blank in the arm with an AR-15, he was the only person to survive a triple shooting at a protest condemning the shooting of
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What do a mosque shooting victim in Christchurch and a Hollywood supermodel have in common? Anke Richter looks at the mental health fallout of cult-like conspiracy movements. Three weeks ago, I sat in the High Court in Christchurch for the
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Send questions about the office, money, careers and work-life balance to workfriend@nytimes.com. Include your name and location, or a request to remain anonymous. Letters may be edited. QAnon bosses My pretty intelligent, chill, fun boss seems to be buying into
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In January 2019, YouTube began rolling out the system. That’s when Mark Sargent noticed his flat-earth views take a nose dive. Other types of content were getting down-ranked, too, like moon-landing conspiracies or videos perseverating on chemtrails. Over the next
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Misinformation and conspiracy theories about the election and voting, the pandemic, even the wildfires out west are everywhere online. It’s even a challenge for the most careful news readers to keep all the facts straight. And the amount of domestic
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A viral TikTok shows a firefighter debunking conspiracy theories about the fires currently ravaging the West Coast. The video has amassed hundreds of thousands of views on TikTok, and millions on Twitter. There are currently over 85 fires affecting areas
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Principals say conspiracy theories about the pandemic and economic turmoil are not helping the low school attendance in Northland. File photo. Photo: 123RF Education Ministry figures showed average daily attendance in the region last week was just over 86 percent.
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Principals are blaming conspiracy theories about the pandemic and economic turmoil for persistently low school attendance in Northland. File photo. Photo: 123RF Education Ministry figures showed average daily attendance in the region last week was just over 86 percent. That
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