conspiracy theories
270 doctors, scientists, nurses, and educators signed an open letter to Spotify, urging that the platform take more of a stand in preventing the spread of COVID-19 misinformation on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. The final straw came when Dr. Robert Malone appeared on the New Year’s Eve episode of JRE. Malone was suspended from Twitter shortly before his appearance for posting […]
With the NBA suffering from a COVID-19 outbreak that threatens to pause the season, Denver Nuggets guard Austin Rivers shared some of the wild conspiracy theories that have been floating around the Nuggets locker room. “Fucking wild theories,” Rivers told Rolling Stone about the anti-vax and testing conspiracy theories he hears amongst unnamed members of the organization. Among the theories […]
As if this past weekend’s Astroworld tragedy wasn’t bad enough on its own, a secondary problem has surfaced in the ensuing days centered around the spreading of offensively stupid conspiracy theories. At the center of much of this spreading is TikTok, where videos positing Satanic Panic-esque fabrications have gained traction. Unfortunately, you’ve likely seen some of […]
In a new interview, Spike Lee was asked why he opted to include 9/11 conspiracy theorists in his upcoming HBO docuseries, NYC Epicenters 9/11-2021½, to which he replied that he wanted to layout as much information as possible. While talking to The New York Times in the interview, Spike said that one of the main reasons the conspiracy […]
A California man who told authorities he was “enlightened by QAnon and Illuminati conspiracy theories” was charged Wednesday with taking his two children to Mexico and killing them. Matthew Taylor Coleman, 40, allegedly killed his 2-year-old son and 10-month-old daughter on Monday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a […]
Sinbad’s kids would like to put the long-standing conspiracy theory to rest. Their father did not star in the 1990s film Shazaam because no such movie exists. It “did not happen,” his daughter Paige Bryan told NBCLX. “Get over it.” If you are still in denial, his son Royce Adkins points out “people the closest to us who know […]
I Am Legend screenwriter and executive producer Akiva Goldsman issued a straight-forward response to people who have used the plot of the 2007 film he co-wrote to fuel baseless conspiracy theories that the COVID-19 vaccine will eventually turn you into a zombie. “Oh. My. God. It’s a movie. I made that up. It’s. Not. Real,” Goldsman […]
A startling new poll finds that over half of Republican voters incorrectly consider Donald Trump to be the “true President,” nearly five months after he half-heartedly conceded the 2020 election. In a Ipsos/Reuters poll released Friday, just over 2,000 U.S. adults from differing political parties were asked about their feelings towards the election results, the methods of voting, namely the absentee […]
Only 12 people on the internet are responsible for the majority of Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter’s most popular misleading claims and lies about COVID-19 vaccines, research has found. Imran Ahmed, the chief executive officer of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, shared that the 12 people— expertly coined as the “Disinformation Dozen”—produce “65% of the shares of […]
For some reason, Jimmy Kimmel gave Mike Lindell—MyPillow founder and sued conspiracy theorist—time on his show Wednesday night. At the top of the 18-minute interview, Lindell briefly discussed his experience with crack addiction. About three minutes into the discussion, Kimmel jokingly ran through Lindell’s life story, concluding with, “And then you fell in love with […]
