Conspiracy Theory

SEOUL – In the history of South Korea’s struggle for democracy, the 1980 uprising in Gwangju is one of the proudest moments. Thousands of ordinary citizens took to the streets to protest a military dictatorship, and hundreds were shot dead by security forces. The bloody incident was sanctified in textbooks …

The Bozeman School Board has shown exemplary patience in facing backlash against a school equity policy aimed at helping underprivileged students. In a meeting to discuss politics last month, the board faced a barrage of objections rooted in misinformation spread by those who prosper by sowing division. But rather than …

PORT ANGELES – Last year, QAnon’s right-wing conspiracy theories were injected into the presidential race. This year, conspiratorial thinking is seeping into racing in small towns across the country, including several in the northern Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. A QAnon apologist named Donnie Hall recruits and trains candidates through …

“If you are not vaccinated, you are part of the problem …” Governor Jim Justice was outspoken last week in also congratulating those who worked to help West Virginia reach 64.5% of eligible residents who received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. At this point he said “West …

In 2014, two researchers from the University of Chicago published an article entitled “Conspiracy Theories and the Paranoid Style (s) of Mass Opinion” (American Journal of Political Science). Using data from four nationally representative surveys, they found that about half of American adults regularly approve of at least one conspiracy …

When Air Force veteran Ashli ​​Babbitt, 35, was shot dead by police while trying to force your way through a barricaded door protecting members of the House of Representatives from a mob of rioters inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan.6, she was energized in part by then-President Donald Trump big …

Two developments over the past week have shown how the political terrain continues to shift beneath our feet. The first was former President Donald Trump’s full endorsement of Ashli ​​Babbitt’s narrative as a noble martyr. The second was pressure from Republicans in Pennsylvania to conduct a forensic audit of the …

In the early morning of November 4, the day after the 2020 elections, Donald trump held a press conference in the East Room of the White House in which he falsely claimed that the fact that he was ahead in the vote count at first, and then later behind, meant …

At first glance, you might think the QAnon plot has largely disappeared from the big social media sites. But that’s not quite the case. Granted, you’re a lot less likely to find popular QAnon slogans like “big awakening,” “the storm,” or “trust the plan” on Facebook these days. Facebook and …

Drake Wuertz came to the school board meeting in Seminole County, Fla., In late June with a message familiar to those who had heard him speak at previous meetings: American children are exposed to systemic abuse. And the way to stop it is to run for the local office. “They …