Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Transhuman’ Baby From Parents Vaccinated For COVID-19

October 26, 2022 antivax, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Lead Stories
Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Transhuman’ Baby From Parents Vaccinated For COVID-19

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 …

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 …

CSE Hosts Discussion on Rise and Spread of Qanon | The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies

Conspiracy

October 26, 2022 qanon

Archived 4 years ago from Boston University
CSE Hosts Discussion on Rise and Spread of Qanon | The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies

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 …

Ukraine

October 25, 2022 qanon, russia

Archived 4 years ago from Associated Press
Russia seeks UN probe of claims on Ukraine biological labs

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia is asking the U.N. Security Council to establish a commission to investigate its claims that the United States and Ukraine are violating the convention prohibiting the use of biological weapons as a result of activities being carried out at biological laboratories in …

Conspiracy

October 24, 2022 2020 election, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from MSNBC
Why the latest conspiracy theories from Nevada’s Jim Marchant matter

As unhinged conspiracy theorists go, Jim Marchant is unreserved when pushing ridiculous ideas. The Nevada Republican, naturally, believes Donald Trump won the Silver State, actual election results notwithstanding. But there’s no reason to stop there: Marchant, who’s been accused of having QAnon …

How rural Nevada became the next battleground for the ‘Big Lie’

Elections

October 24, 2022 2020 election, mike lindell, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Nevada Independent
How rural Nevada became the next battleground for the ‘Big Lie’

Just six weeks after the 2020 election, a group of Nevada Republicans gathered outside the Legislative Building in Carson City to pledge the state’s six electoral votes to Donald Trump. Unlike other swing states, there was never much worry that Nevada — with a Democratic governor and Democratic …

Analysis | Florida’s surgeon general makes the conspiracy-theory podcast rounds

COVID-19

October 21, 2022 antivax, china, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Washington Post
Analysis | Florida’s surgeon general makes the conspiracy-theory podcast rounds

Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Earlier this month, in the early evening of the Friday before Columbus Day weekend, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo published a new recommendation for residents of his state: Young adult men shouldn’t take mRNA vaccines aimed at combating covid-19. …

Newsmax bans Lara Logan after QAnon-style rant, condemns her words in ‘the strongest terms’

Conspiracy

October 20, 2022 fauci, nazi, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from CNN
Newsmax bans Lara Logan after QAnon-style rant, condemns her words in ‘the strongest terms’

New York CNN Business — The right-wing channel Newsmax has banned Lara Logan from its air after she went on a QAnon-style rant during an appearance on the network this week. In a bizarre interview, Logan told host Eric Bolling that “the open border is Satan’s way of taking control of the world,” …

Analysis | Kanye Buys His Own Little Piece of Free Speech

Conspiracy

October 17, 2022 qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Washington Post
Analysis | Kanye Buys His Own Little Piece of Free Speech

By Parmy Olson | Bloomberg, It used to be that newspapers were the must-have baubles for wealthy ideologues. Now, social media platforms are becoming the trophy asset of choice for powerful individuals who want to push an anything-goes view on free speech, especially if they’re been burned by the …

Conspiracy

October 17, 2022 2020 election, alex jones, china, covid19, deep state, genocide, nazi, qanon

Archived 4 years ago from The Nevada Independent
GOP donor trying to reshape Nevada politics pushes radical conspiracy theories, repeatedly cites antisemitic propaganda

Editor’s Note: This is part of ongoing coverage made possible through a partnership between KUNR Public Radio and The Nevada Independent focused on the influence of the baseless claim that the 2020 presidential election was rigged by massive voter fraud, popularly referred to as the “Big Lie.” This …

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