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Podcast host Joe Rogan invited Alex Jones, America’s most prominent conspiracy theorist, on his show this week. Rogan defended hosting Jones by saying he’s “gotten so many things right” — even as he’s made false inflammatory claims like saying the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax — and has been …
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BATH — Bath City Council candidate Brandon Sewall has posted content online involving numerology and conspiracy theories accusing celebrities and politicians of being members of pedophilia rings. Academics warn that these beliefs could be problematic in a public official. Sewall reposted to his …
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One month before a purported leak of files from Hunter Biden’s laptop, a fake “intelligence” document about him went viral on the right-wing internet, asserting an elaborate conspiracy theory involving former Vice President Joe Biden’s son and business in China. The document, a 64-page composition …
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Don’t be surprised if your social media feeds and your messaging apps become filled with conspiracy theories until Nov. 3, the U.S. Election Day. For a group of highly respected fact-checkers this is totally predictable. “Everything indicates that (disinformers) will insist on posting about Hunter …
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Half a dozen US Christian right groups have poured millions of dollars into Latin America and have promoted misinformation about COVID-19 and other health and rights issues, openDemocracy can reveal today. These groups are part of a bigger number of twenty Christian right groups that have spent at …
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The following article was posted on October 28th, 2020, in the Santa Maria Sun – Volume 21, Issue 35 [ Submit a Story ] The following articles were printed from Santa Maria Sun [santamariasun.com] – Volume 21, Issue 35 What the what? By THE CANARY How mainstream are internet conspiracy theories, …
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Marc-André Argentino, Amarnath Amarasingam 29 Oct 2020 The QAnon conspiracy emerged on 28 October 2017, when a user named “Q” posted what were purported to be highly classified government secrets on 4chan’s /pol/ (politically incorrect) discussion board, contributing to a thread discussing the …
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Emilio Ferrara, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism (THE CONVERSATION) Americans who seek political insight and information on Twitter should know how much of what …
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An unexpected consequence of the COVID crisis in Germany has been the rapid increase in followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory. As Jacob Russell reports from Berlin, Germany now has the second largest following outside the United States as more people become skeptical of their government’s good …
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. In 2016, University of Miami political scientist Joseph Uscinski tried to imagine a conspiracy theorist as president, someone “sitting at the most powerful desk in the world, complete with the codes to a nuclear arsenal.” By the time Uscinski put his thoughts in writing, Donald Trump was the …
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