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Welcome to Impact Factor, your weekly dose of commentary on a new medical study. I’m Dr F. Perry Wilson. Usually, as studies come across my desk, I say, “Oh, that one is interesting” and dig in to see if it’s worth spending a few minutes of your time on. This week, I saw this study[1] appearing in …
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An influential medical journal published a study Monday that links fluoride consumption during pregnancy with lower childhood IQs—a finding that could undermine decades of public-health messaging, fire up conspiracy theorists, and alarm mothers-to-be.The research was expected to be so controversial …
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My Turn: The politics of conspiracy Opinion > Columns A man holds a Q sign – for the QAnon conspiracy theory – while he waits in line to enter a campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Aug. 2, 2018. AP For the Monitor Published: 8/4/2019 7:00:13 AM Even as we celebrate …
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PolitiFact | FEMA conspiracy theories have existed for decades. Here’s how the internet has amplified them. People gather at a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center Oct. 15, 2024, at A.C. Reynolds High School in Asheville, N.C. (AP) The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving victims of Hurricane …
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The quasi-investigations of Kaysing and Sibrel share similarities to the ones we see today. Dawson, like his predecessors, is a collage artist. All three men are personal essayists, too, unspooling their theories as tales of each man’s journey toward skepticism. But the mood has shifted. Kaysing …
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Video Dawson’s “theories” are assembled from pop culture detritus, stitched together through video clips, off-the-cuff podcast interviews and spooky internet chatter. His videos are pegged to trending topics — whipping up nefarious plots around fidget spinners and Avril Lavigne — but they also plug …
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Wark believes conspiracy theories like MK-Ultra help us come to terms with tragic events by providing a convenient, pre-formed narrative about institutional agency and its ability to be corrupt – something that’s far easier to understand because it’s an idea with so much cultural capital, …
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The Internet revolution “has displaced the gatekeepers, the producers, editors, and scholars who decided what was worthy of dissemination,” they write. This has opened the way for “conspiracy entrepreneurs” who proffer “a seemingly infinite array of wild accusations.” Is it possible to make a …
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By: Bloomberg | April 16, 2019 5:20:59 pm YouTube has been battered with criticism over extreme and misleading videos, especially around breaking news topics. (Image: Bloomberg) Soon after a fire engulfed Notre Dame cathedral in Paris on Monday, news outlets began streaming live broadcasts on …
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Measles were eradicated 19 years ago in the U.S., yet there were 387 cases of them between January and March. That’s primarily because people who never were vaccinated traveled abroad, contracted the disease and brought it back, where it spread among others who were never vaccinated. A major reason …
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