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A protestor holds a sign during a “Save our Children” rally outside Downing Street in London, England. Conspiracy theorists have recently coopted #SaveTheChildren to find new followers. Hollie Adams/Hollie Adams/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Hollie Adams/Hollie Adams/Getty Images A …
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The Washington Post reported Tuesday evening that a Trump-backed Justice Department probe into the unmasking of Michael Flynn and others had quietly closed with no criminal charges or even a report to substantiate Trump’s and his allies’ allegations of a Watergate-style conspiracy. But on the same …
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In the spring of 2020, while the world stayed indoors to suppress Covid-19, arsonists attacked mobile phone masts in Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Australia and New Zealand. They set fire to nearly a hundred masts in the UK, or tried to; …
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Falsehoods about election interference are swirling online, stoking calls for violence on Election Day. The rumors touch on everything from ballot boxes to how the “deep state” — a so-called secret cabal of elites — is involved. The misinformation is worrying researchers who track such content, and …
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Falsehoods about election interference are swirling online, stoking calls for violence on Election Day. The rumors touch on everything from ballot boxes to how the “deep state” — a so-called secret cabal of elites — is involved. The misinformation is worrying researchers who track such content, and …
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Armed militia groups are forging alliances in the final stages of the US presidential election with conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers who claim the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, intensifying concerns that trouble could be brewing ahead of election day. Leading advocates of anti-government and …
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By David Ignatius, President Trump’s tirades about Hillary Clinton’s emails have morphed into a Twitter campaign by supporters of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman falsely claiming that the Obama administration was plotting against him. “#HillaryEmails” was the top trending Twitter hashtag in …
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RELEASE: New Survey Shows That Conspiracy Theories Are Thriving in U.S. as Election Nears – Center for American Progress 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 …
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NEWBURYPORT – Joseph Uscinski, an expert on conspiracy theories, will be on the The Morning Show on PortMedia’s cable Channel 9 on Thursday, Oct. 15. Host Mary Jacobsen will interview Uscinski, an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Miami, about his research on the …
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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 pandemic knowing that some people believe it …
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