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The science of conspiracies: Where Flat Earth meets Pizzagate
Illustration: Rebecca Zisser / Axios “Fake news” was rampant throughout the 2016 election — and it’s still around. But it’s hardly new: people have believed in conspiracy theories for ages, and scientists are no stranger to combating them. The bottom
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Trump and the Truth: Conspiracy Theories
This essay is part of a series The New Yorker will be running through the election titled “Trump and the Truth.” It is no surprise that, by feverishly indulging conspiracy theories of many kinds, Donald Trump would end up reintroducing
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Going Online in the Age of Conspiracy Theories
In the weeks and months after the attacks of September 11, 2001, there was an image that circulated heavily online, mostly via email. It showed a man who appeared to be standing on the observation deck of one of the
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Why JFK Assassination Conspiracy Theories Are So Appealing
Fifty years ago, on Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy fell to an assassin’s bullet in Dallas. To this day, nearly two-thirds of Americans believe that a conspiracy was responsible for the president’s death. That widespread suspicion of the official
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Faked Moon Landing? Conspiracy Beliefs Fall Along Party Lines
Updated at 12:26 p.m. ET A new national poll reveals that Americans differ along political party lines even in their endorsement of conspiracy theories, including the belief that President Obama is the Anti-Christ and the idea that global warming is
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The holy grail of the JFK story
Four of the five concluded there was a conspiracy (though they did not all agree on who was responsible). Thus the enduring conundrum of JFK’s assassination story. While a confident minority in …
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‘Patriot’ Paranoia: A Look at the Top Ten Conspiracy Theories
Illustration by Paul Rogers Conspiracy theorizing has flourished as a virtual art form in all nations and across all political persuasions. But the American radical right has to be considered a strong contender for the title of modern conspiracy champion.
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9/11 Rumors That Harden Into Conventional Wisdom
The rumors that spread shortly after 9/11 have been passed on so often that people no longer know where or when they first heard them. At this point, they have heard them so often, even on television, that they think
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