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The discordant voice of Blues guitarist Billy TK Jnr and his sudden propensity for conspiracy theories has attracted thousands of others down rabbit hole with him. David Farrier Photo: Dan Rutledge Journalist and filmmaker David Farrier’s Webworm blog The Red Pilling of Billy TK Jnr, explores the …
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As COVID-19 has spread across the United States and around the world, it has been followed by a spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories. Given the proliferation and endurance of these theories, it’s worth taking a look at the psychology behind them. Black helicopters, fluoridation, the …
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Celebrity chef and conspiracy theorist Pete Evans has encouraged his followers to attend a ‘freedom day’ protest to call for the end of coronavirus lockdown. The dumped My Kitchen Rules host appeared in a promotional video for the nationwide rally, which is happening on Saturday. ‘I invite …
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The internet age has rapidly intensified the ability for conspiracy theories to spread across large populations of people, but why are Christians so susceptible to conspiratorial thought? Increasingly these grand narratives regarding the alleged machinations of nefarious figures are making their …
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Celebrity chef Pete Evans stands to rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars a year by spreading dangerous conspiracy theories. Since being dumped from his $800,000 Channel 7 contract to host My Kitchen Rules, he has pivoted to being a wellness guru on social media. And while Evans has always …
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How does it feel to watch your parents become obsessed with false information about Bill Gates, microchips and 5G – and is there anything you can do to pull them out of the conspiracy theory rabbit hole? Qanon theories are gathering support (file photo) Photo: Getty Grant* is considering secretly …
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Election 2020 The embattled MP from Botany has joined up his party with the conspiracy theory-driven New Zealand Public Party, allowing the latter a plausible path to Parliament, Marc Daalder reports Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross has joined his nascent political party to a would-be party led by a man …
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Have you heard it? The whispering and the murmurs off stage? Like the chorus of an ancient Greek tragedy, suggesting that the current Coronavirus crisis is just a jumped-up hoax, a conspiracy to take away some vaguely articulated “rights,” but more specifically rumblings about freedom of assembly …
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the inauguration of Donald Trump at the Rotunda of the US Capitol on January 20.Kevin Lamarque/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. The below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our …
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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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