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In a polarized and fractured society, the truth can be a subjective thing. In this panel, Rolling Stone Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief Andy Kroll talks to Vice journalist Anna Merlan (Republic of Lies), writer and producer Billy Ray (The Comey
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We are posting another installment of our foreign-policy movie recommendations, so that means it’s Friday. Congratulations on making it through the next-to-last week of (unofficial) summer. We hope you have had some time to recharge your batteries—even if only by
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In a polarized and fractured society, the truth can be a subjective thing. In this panel, Rolling Stone Washington, D.C. Bureau Chief Andy Kroll talks to Vice journalist Anna Merlan (Republic of Lies), writer and producer Billy Ray (The Comey
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From ancient history to present day, there have always been foolish things that people have believed based on fantasy: “The world is flat. If you go sailing to the horizon you will sail right over the edge.” “Smoking cigarettes is
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People who are antagonistic, exploitative and generally disagreeable are more likely to believe in conspiracy theories, according to recent study from a UO researcher. Cameron Kay, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Psychology, found that people who possess personality
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Even if you just treat this as an unanswered question, though, the endorsements of the drug in conservative media have often gone way beyond the evidence. They’ve pitched ivermectin as a bona fide treatment, despite most scientists, the FDA, the
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Aug 23, 2021 28 Min read time Conspiracy theories like QAnon are ultimately a social problem rather than a cognitive one. We should blame politics, not the faulty reasoning of individuals. QAnon proponent Jacob Chansley speaks to a crowd of
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A resident holds an empty water hose during an attempt to extinguish forest fires approaching the village of Pefki in Evia, Greece’s second largest island, on Aug. 8. ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP via Getty Images ATHENS—You can still just about smell the
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The claim: The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is a ‘false flag’ staged for political gain On Aug.16, hundreds of Afghan civilians swarmed an Air Force C-17 cargo plane after it landed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Before military
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A Thursday night news brief on Fox News contained a remarkable claim — that the network doesn’t have enough information to determine what motivated a man spouting right-wing conspiracy theories to shut down a significant portion of Washington, DC, around
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