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Executive Summary While it’s easy to dismiss those who believe in conspiracy theories as a minority fringe, recent research shows that certain conditions can make anyone more susceptible: specifically, feeling a lack of control makes people much more likely to believe in these theories. Luckily, …
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Claim: Tom Hanks was arrested for “pedophilia” in Australia, and fitted with an ankle bracelet to monitor his movements. In March 2020, actor Tom Hanks was in Queensland, Australia, for the filming of a biopic about singer Elvis Presley, when he and his wife Rita Wilson went to a hospital “after …
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A new study has found that men are more likely than women to endorse coronavirus (COVID-19) related conspiracy theories. The study, published in early July in Politics and Gender, builds upon research from earlier this year that revealed Republicans were more likely than Democrats to believe …
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Election 2020 The embattled MP from Botany has joined up his party with the conspiracy theory-driven New Zealand Public Party, allowing the latter a plausible path to Parliament, Marc Daalder reports Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has joined his nascent political party to a would-be party led by a man …
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Editor, Thank you for your illuminating words in the July 22 issue about conspiracy theories. It is important we understand how to leave them behind us so we can pick up fact-based understandings and make helpful decisions about important problems. Effective public health decisions and finding …
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With prospects of a COVID-19 vaccine looking up, attention is also turning to the problem of anti-vax ideas. According to a recent survey, one in six Britons would refuse a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available. Although vaccine hesitancy is a complex problem with multiple causes, the number …
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‘Unsupported’: a powerful rating to flag COVID-19 conspiracy theories – Poynter ‘Unsupported’: a powerful rating to flag COVID-19 conspiracy theories – Poynter Home Fact-Checking ‘Unsupported’: a powerful rating to flag COVID-19 conspiracy theories
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Everyone likes a good story. These conspiracy theories have a proven time record, continuing to disturb and tickle the mind. Enjoy! Public poisoning by order of the government? This is the ‘Chemtrail’ conspiracy theory. Believers of the theory think that the residual condensation trails left behind …
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The internet has made it easier than ever before to encounter and spread conspiracy theories. And while some are harmless, others can be deeply damaging, sowing discord and even leading to unnecessary deaths. Now, researchers believe they’ve uncovered a new tool for combating false conspiracy …
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I’ve long been fascinated by the intersection of conspiracy theories and religion.Indeed, most research on conspiracy shows theorists tend to believe in a higher power, making it more likely they believe we didn’t land on the moon; the earth is flat; COVID-19 was a “plandemic;” contrails in the sky …
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