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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with journalist Trent Kay Maverick about dating a conspiracy theorist at a time when disinformation and fake news runs rampant. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: This week, organizers for the Republican National Convention removed one of the scheduled speakers from the program after …
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Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: This week, organizers for the Republican National Convention removed one of the scheduled speakers from the program after she retweeted a thread promoting an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory with ties to QAnon. That’s a …
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QAnon has gone mainstream. This fringe group’s theory that there’s a deep state dedicated to child trafficking, cannibalism and anti-Trumpism is no longer under the radar. Some point to the successful Georgia primary win of QAnon backer, Marjorie Greene, as proof. Others point to President Trump …
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TOPLINE The QAnon conspiracy theory has exploded in popularity this year, but it’s just one of a depressingly wide array of crackpot beliefs that certain Americans adhere to, including that vaccines implant microchips in people or that Covid-19 is a “hoax.” Here’s how cult deprogrammer and mind …
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Rob Chase is described, even by Democrats, as an affable guy. But his flirtation with a variety of conspiracies has raised more pointed concerns. Daniel Walters photo As Spokane Valley Rep. Matt Shea leaves the Washington Legislature, the 4th District is losing a Republican conspiracy theorist who …
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Link Copied Photography by Tereza Zelenkova The modern world’s most consequential conspiracy text was barely noticed when it first appeared in a little-read Russian newspaper in 1903. The message of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion is straightforward, and terrifying: The rise of liberalism had …
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Brit McGinnis, provided by Published 10:00 am EDT, Friday, August 21, 2020 Major conspiracy theories of the last century and the stories behind them In this fast-paced, rapidly changing media world, people have access to more information than ever before about virtually everything. But the …
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By Toluse Olorunnipa and Isaac Stanley-Becker, President Trump has increasingly embraced, amplified or equivocated about a number of conspiracy theories in recent weeks, adding to the sense of chaos and uncertainty caused by a pandemic and social unrest. From the baseless QAnon movement to a racist …
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One of the more hopeful developments at tech platforms this year has been their investment in removing misinformation related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were all relatively quick to acknowledge the threat that COVID hoaxes represent, and have worked to purge it from …
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While the speed and reach of these theories is new thanks to social media, we have been here before. Indeed, the United States has a long history of conspiratorial thinking — from obsessions with the Masons and the Illuminati in the 19th century to the recent tea party movement and the birtherism …
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