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QAnon and related conspiracy theories like Pizzagate
CNN — Prominent figures on social media, including some of the loudest voices on the political right, are pushing a salacious and false conspiracy theory about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, in an apparent attempt to shift the narrative about the assault. The claim that big …
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Scare Tactics Do Comirnaty (Pfizer) COVID-19 vaccines contain parasites? No, that’s not true: Claims made on social media that COVID vaccines contain parasites provided no laboratory or independent evidence to support the allegations, and a medical examiner told Lead Stories she has never seen any …
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CNN — The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and an acquaintance told CNN that he seemed “out of touch with reality.” …
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Paul Pelosi was attacked early Friday morning outside the Pelosis’ San Francisco home. Credit: Quirinale.it The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband in their San Francisco home early Friday morning has been identified by police as David DePape, who has a history in …
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Researchers compared historical data to results of current opinion polls and found no evidence that the percentage of people who believe in conspiracy theories has increased in comparison to previous times. In a series of four studies, they compared results of recent opinion polls on a number of …
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CNN — The man who allegedly attacked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband early Friday posted memes and conspiracy theories on Facebook about Covid vaccines, the 2020 election and the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and an acquaintance told CNN that he seemed “out of touch with reality.” …
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. and its Western allies on Thursday dismissed Russia’s claims that banned biological weapons activities are taking place in Ukraine with American support, calling the allegation disinformation and fabrications. Russia’s U.N. ambassador said Moscow will pursue a U.N. …
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Normal Baby Does a social media video show a “transhuman” baby from parents who received the COVID-19 vaccine? No, that’s not true: The mother of the baby shown in the video post told Lead Stories that her daughter was born in August 2020, before the COVID vaccines were available. The Pfizer shot …
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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 …
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Professor Vivien Schmidt (left) and Nick Woolf (right) explore the rise and spread of Qanon and other online political conspiracy theories. (Source: Center for the Study of Europe) On October 19, 2022, the Center for the Study of Europe (CSE), an affiliated center of Boston University’s Frederick …
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