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Being mistaken for someone else can sometimes be funny, sometimes annoying. For author and activist Naomi Klein, being frequently mistaken for someone else started off being a little annoying and quickly became worrying. The someone else Klein – author of No Logo and Shock Doctrine – was being …
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CNN correspondent Donie O’Sullivan says that it is “not a time to be complacent” about conspiracy theories in Ireland and that there could be groups in the United States or the United Kingdom that are “pushing” or “potentially funding” them here. O’Sullivan, from Cahersiveen in Kerry, covers the …
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The grieving mother of a Co Cavan teenager who died by suicide has appealed for help in having her son’s image removed from an anti-vaccine publication. 18-year-old Diego Gilsenan is among 42 photos of young people on the front page of freesheet ‘The Irish Light’ – with the paper’s editor, former …
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From Cold War paranoia in the 1950s to moving dramas about First Contact, the UFO movie has been a Hollywood staple for over seventy years. Alan Corr appeared on the Dave Fanning Show to talk about our abiding fascination with the unknown – listen above. The release of Jordan Peele’s new flying …
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What if you have a friend or family member who is getting sucked into conspiracy theories online? What can you do? How can you do it? Unfortunately, these questions have grown in importance since the pandemic, as all of us spend more time on the internet than ever before. These are the questions we …
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Analysis: conspiracy theories have been widespread during this pandemic and pose a significant risk to health By Joanne McVeigh and Malcolm MacLachlan, Maynooth University A recent Brainstorm article looked at our susceptibility to conspiracy theories during epidemics, and the gravitation towards …
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Analysis: conspiracy theories have been widespread during this pandemic and pose a significant risk to health By Joanne McVeigh and Malcolm MacLachlan, Maynooth University A recent Brainstorm article looked at our susceptibility to conspiracy theories during epidemics, and the gravitation towards …
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Technology firms and governments around the world are battling the spread of fake news relating to the Covid-19 outbreak. Rumours relating to the virus have led to arson attacks against telecommunications towers in the UK. Multiple 5G towers across Belfast, Liverpool, and Birmingham have been set …
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A film expert explains why those conspiracy theories about TV studios and Stanley Kubrick are fake news By Howard Berry, University of Hertfordshire It’s been half a century since the magnificent Apollo 11 moon landing, yet many people still don’t believe it actually happened. Conspiracy theories …
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