Election deniers, QAnon: How people believe so much misinformation

November 5, 2022 2020 election, alex jones, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Stockton Record
Election deniers, QAnon: How people believe so much misinformation

Why do so many people believe malarkey? I am having difficulty understanding why the United States electorate has so many ill-informed people who believe in all manner of lies, conspiracies and ideas. For example, a poll shows that 49 percent of Republicans and 52 percent of Trump voters believe …

QAnon

November 1, 2022 adrenochrome, pizzagate

Archived 4 years ago from indy100
QAnon believers think this patent means the elite are harvesting babies

QAnoners cannot leave the chemical compound adrenochrome alone. For years, harmful conspiracy theories surrounding adrenochrome circulated through the QAnon community claiming the chemical compound is harvested from tortured and murdered children to be used in Satanic rituals as a drug or youth …

Conspiracy

October 26, 2022 alex jones, deep state, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from UCLA Newsroom
Q&A: UCLA professor on how rumors, conspiracy theories divided the U.S. | UCLA

The term “folklorist” may conjure up visions of a scholar immersed in the fairytale world of folktales, legends and lore. But in the 21st century, folklorists such as Patricia Turner track contemporary everyday utterances. The author of two books about race and racial bias that are embedded in …

Conspiracy

October 5, 2022 alex jones, bill gates, flat earth, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from VOGUE India
11 popular conspiracy theories in recent history

A few weeks after Podesta’s emails were leaked and “Pizzagate” started gaining traction online, a 28-year-old man walked into the northwest Washington pizzeria with an AR-15 rifle. After his search of the premises yielded no dungeon holding child sex slaves, he fired his gun at a locked door before …

Conspiracy

September 21, 2022 pizzagate

Archived 4 years ago from The Conversation
Conspiracy theories are dangerous even if they don’t affect behaviour

Much has been made in recent years of politicians like Donald Trump and their use of conspiracy theories. In Canada, a number of conservative politicians have voiced support for conspiracy theories. However, some evidence suggests that those who are most vocal about conspiracy theories do not …

QAnon

September 14, 2022 maga, marjorie taylor greene, pizzagate

Archived 4 years ago from NBC News
Satanic panic is making a comeback, fueled by QAnon believers and GOP influencers

PROVO, Utah — On June 1, David Leavitt, the prosecuting attorney for Utah County, stood behind a lectern in his windowless Provo office before a gaggle of reporters. Wearing a gray suit and an exasperated look, he wanted to make something categorically clear: Neither he nor his wife were guilty of …

Mudge report shows how Twitter’s lack of resources shaped trouble

QAnon

September 4, 2022 big tech, china, iran, pizzagate

Archived 4 years ago from The Washington Post
Mudge report shows how Twitter’s lack of resources shaped trouble

Listen 13 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article In the weeks leading to Twitter’s launch of a fact-checking program to combat misinformation, experts at the company warned managers that the project could be easily exploited by conspiracy theorists. Those warnings — which went unheeded — …

Libs of TikTok blamed for threats on children’s hospitals

QAnon

September 2, 2022 2020 election, big tech, pizzagate

Archived 4 years ago from The Washington Post
Libs of TikTok blamed for threats on children’s hospitals

Listen 13 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Children’s hospitals across the U.S. are facing growing threats of violence, driven by an online anti-LGBTQ campaign attacking the facilities for providing care to transgender kids and teens. Twitter has left up the account inspiring the …

Conspiracy

August 26, 2022 epstein, pizzagate, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Rolling Stone
QAnon Conspiracy Theorists Are Going Bonkers Over Anne Heche’s Death

Don’t Let This Flop is released Wednesdays on all audio streaming platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Stitcher and more. Last week, the actress Anne Heche died at the age of 53 after a devastating car crash in her Los Angeles neighborhood. Heche was a celebrated actor with …

Pizzagate promoter tapped for Kremlin-backed propaganda campaign

Ukraine

August 9, 2022 china, pizzagate, russia

Archived 4 years ago from Axios
Pizzagate promoter tapped for Kremlin-backed propaganda campaign

Russia’s state-backed media apparatus is financing four new TV programs produced by a U.S. conspiracy theorist and aimed in large part at undercutting America’s image and interests in the developing world, records show. Why it matters: The campaign shows how the Kremlin waging an information battle …

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