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Late one Tuesday night in May, while most of Quebec was still under lockdown orders, the phone rang in Premier François Legault’s riding office. In a calm but firm voice, a man left a message saying he regretted voting for Legault, and then warned the premier that his days were numbered. A few …
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A couple was found dead outside of their home as they tried to flee the Bear Fire in Butte County, the Butte County Sheriff said misinformation is to blame. Misinformation and conspiracy theories on fires are so rampant local law enforcement and even the FBI put out statements denouncing the …
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Introduction Conspiracy theories can be defined as “attempts to explain the ultimate causes of significant social and political events and circumstances with claims of secret plots by two or more powerful actors” (Douglas et al., 2019, p. 4). These beliefs tend to appear in social crisis …
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Illustration by The Globe and Mail (images: NIAID/National Institutes of Health, AP) This article was originally published by Tortoise, a different kind of newsroom committed to a slower, wiser news. To try Tortoise, Globe readers can get a 30-day free trial and a special half price offer: just …
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Burning election issues were cast aside in favour of conspiracies by some of the audience at a meet the candidates meeting in Cromwell on Tuesday night. Agenda 21 and Bill Gates and his vaccine-delivered microchips were raised at the Waitaki candidates’ meeting at the Cromwell Presbyterian …
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By Robert Bernstein Humanist Society: – Bruce Gleason – Examining Woo – 8/15/20 The latest Humanist Society meeting was held via Zoom with almost 60 people participating. Speaker Bruce Gleason’s talk was “A presentation about all things magical, mystical, and absolutely, totally useless including …
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We all know President Donald Trump is a compulsive liar and gullible audience for baseless conspiracy theories. But we don’t always get confirmation like Bob Woodward’s taped interviews showing the president blatantly lied to the American people about the transmissibility and deadliness of the …
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Link Copied Illustrations by Eren Su Kibele Yarman As the 20th century began, conspiracy was simply how Brazilian politics got done. Paranoia was everywhere, and often warranted. Secret plotting and military coups were routine across the political spectrum. And by the end of the Cold War, citizens …
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A study published in Politics and the Life Sciences suggests that a conspiracy mentality is linked to increased support for conspiracy theories and higher endorsement of fake news claims. The nonacceptance of well-supported science is a pervasive problem in today’s society. Support for …
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Firefighters are seen on scene at Cressman’s, a landmark Shaver Lake general store and gas station where only the sign remains standing after being lost to the Creek Fire in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains on September 11, 2020. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption …
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