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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 America to the master conspiracy theory of them all, the first …
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On December 2nd, while the awful news from San Bernardino was erupting, bit by unconfirmed bit, I was surprised by the crisp self-assurance of a couple of bloggers whose names were new to me. They were on it—number of victims, names of shooters, police-radio intercepts. Soon, though, the bloggers …
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(If your mind is too sober to follow the “truther” logic here, allow me to explain: Truthers believe that fuel from the planes that struck the Twin Towers couldn’t burn hot enough to liquefy the buildings’ steel skeleton; ergo, the towers’ collapse was a government scheme.) Advertisement Story …
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So, how did Trump respond? He spent the early part of Wednesday afternoon appearing via webcam on the “Alex Jones Radio Show,” which basically amounted to flipping the bird to all those establishment Republicans hoping he’ll straighten out or fall by the wayside. Story continues below advertisement …
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Armando Sanchez for TIME “I’m in the business of knowing how so much of what is said here is nonsense,” said John McAdams, a professor of political science at Marquette and student of the JFK assassination. The air in Pittsburgh was wet, thick, and cold, nothing like the warm, clear conditions on …
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Late last night, Portlanders rejected a plan to fluoridate their city’s water supply (and the water of over a dozen other cities). It’s the fourth time Portland has rejected the public health measure since 1956. It’s the fourth time they’ve gotten the science wrong. When new medical treatments are …
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Did NASA fake the moon landing? Is the government hiding Martians in Area 51? Is global warming a hoax? And what about the Boston Marathon bombing…an “inside job” perhaps? In the book “The Empire of Conspiracy,” Timothy Melley explains that conspiracy theories have traditionally been regarded by …
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Just a couple of days out from the 10 year anniversary of 9/11 and you’ve already started to see what we can only expect will be full out patriotic pomp and circumstance the likes of which we might never have seen before. And deservedly so. The day changed all of our lives forever, and we should …
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Soon after 9/11, conspiracy theorists began to question the origins of the tragedy I remember precisely where I was and what I was doing when I heard: I was about three weeks into my first year at Emory University in Atlanta, and I was sharing a meal with my new dorm-mates in the DUC dining hall. …
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We have probably all encountered numerous examples of conspiracy thinking in recent years, including claims that the 2024 Baltimore bridge collapse was caused by former President Obama, that Taylor Swift controlled the outcome of the Super Bowl to help President Biden get reelected and that the …
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