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In this very troubling year of COVID-19, economic stress, racial justice and protests, plus other stressors, Americans seem to be embracing more and more outlandish conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are a reaction to confusing and uncertain times. Times like COVID-19. Times of protest, …
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Wildfires are raging along the West Coast, and with them authorities in Oregon said they are fighting rumors of political origins. Multiple fires in Washington, Oregon and California have destroyed more than 4.7 million acres and killed at least 34 people. Law enforcement agencies, including the …
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Wildfires are raging along the West Coast, and with them authorities in Oregon said they are fighting rumors of political origins. Multiple fires in Washington, Oregon and California have destroyed more than 4.7 million acres and killed at least 34 people. Law enforcement agencies, including the …
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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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