Russia, of course, is always around to play the villain. In a bombshell set of re-hashed revelations published on Monday, the tabloid alleges that Moscow’s flagship Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, wasn’t made in a lab by a team of world-leading scientists, but was actually inspired by secret documents nicked from …
Read More »Washington Post’s ‘conspiracy theory’ quiz declares existence of ‘deep state’ fake news, contradicting its own reporting
Nine in 10 Americans believe at least one conspiracy theory, researchers found earlier this summer. Yet conspiracy theories run the gamut from ‘Bigfoot exists’ to ‘the Holocaust never happened’, and the Washington Post published a quiz this week to remind its readers which ones to believe and which to discard. …
Read More »The latest Trump ‘revelations’ show how conspiracy theories & rumors shared online about Russia are undermining American democracy
The threat is, unfortunately, even greater when the targets of that disinformation are countries with whom the US needs to maintain relations for the sake of the balance of global politics. Fake news about Russia hasn’t disappeared and is continuing to proliferate. American democracy will find itself suffering because of …
Read More »‘Tucker Carlson is the new Alex Jones,’ says CNN host and ‘Russiagate’ conspiracy theorist Brian Stelter
As CNN’s chief media critic, Stelter regularly focuses his attention on Carlson, who he’s branded an icon of “white male rage and resentment,” a “conspiracy theorist,” and “the new Donald Trump.” Audiences don’t seem to care, however, and ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight’ pulled in around 2.8 million viewers every night in …
Read More »FBI hypes QAnon threat again, says some conspiracy theorists ‘likely’ to attack Democrats
“We assess that some DVE [domestic violent extremist] adherents of QAnon likely will begin to believe they can no longer ‘trust the plan’ referenced in QAnon posts and that they have an obligation to change from serving as ‘digital soldiers’ towards engaging in real world violence—including harming perceived members of …
Read More »It must be a conspiracy! From Kennedy to Area 51 and Gates to Epstein, the world offers people a lot of deeply outlandish theories
You have to admire the dedication and discipline of the 21st century conspiracy buff. The ability to invest endless energy and emotion into both believing and distributing theories that can’t withstand even a few blinks’ worth of inspection shows that brand of religious fervor that both built and will eventually …
Read More »China blasts Wuhan lab leak ‘conspiracy,’ urges probe of ALL early Covid-19 cases & ‘secretive bases’ worldwide
“Lately, some people have played the old trick of political hype on the origin tracing of [Covid-19] in the world. Smear campaign and blame shifting are making a comeback, and the conspiracy theory of ‘lab leak’ is resurfacing,” a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, DC said in a statement …
Read More »The BBC and the Princess Diana ‘conspiracy’: will we ever find out the truth?
The BBC is adept at conspiracy theories in its detective shows and political dramas. But now there are suspicions that it may be indulging in real-life plotting of its own. As with any serious conspiracy, the story goes back a number of years, specifically to November 1995. And it involves …
Read More »Leading Russiagate conspiracy theorist appointed to key national security role at Biden’s Department of Justice
Hennessey announced the move herself after seemingly scrubbing her Twitter account of Russiagate tweets, saying on Monday that she’s “honored to be joining the extraordinary team at the Department of Justice (DOJ).” In fact, she will be senior counsel in the DOJ’s National Security Division. In between her roles with …
Read More »How an anonymous conspiracy video has added more intrigue to the mystery of an Italian student tortured and murdered in Egypt
The mysterious death of Cambridge University researcher Regeni has more twists than the fusilli pasta of his native Italy, and the long-awaited trial of four Egyptian secret service agents accused of his kidnap and murder has been beset by even more drama. Preliminary hearings in the trial of Tariq Saber, …
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