Disinformation

"If 50 million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."

Anatole France, (1844-1924)

Disinformation
Homepage Media Matters for America    [archive]
Fox News settles with Dominion Voting Systems in its 2020 election defamation case Vox    [archive]
Joe Biden Turns Trumps Biggest Conspiracy Theory Against Him HuffPost Latest News    [archive]
Donald Trumps Lawyers Say That False Statements Are Free Speech    [archive]
Conspiracy theory leaves Arizona county with a 200k problem CNN Politics    [archive]
Elon Musks Twitter Acquisition May Spread Disinformation TIME    [archive]
Tucker Carlson Reveals His Theory For Why Fox News Fired Him    [archive]
Trump's false or misleading claims total 30,573 over 4 years - The Washington Post    [archive]
How to Talk to a Science Denier A Reading List    [archive]
Kari Lake Interviewing the election denier who ran for Arizona governor - BBC News   [archive]
Newspaper investigated for pushing misinformation tied to controversial university hire    [✚ add]
Fact check- Johnson's claim Democrats have used alternative slates of electors 'repeatedly in all kinds of different states'    [✚ add]
Jon Stewart mocks Fox News for having to admit DNC was a hit despite host's attempt to spin   [✚ add]

Qanon
She was a popular yoga guru. Then she embraced QAnon conspiracy theories NPR Illinois    [archive]
How QAnon Followers Reacted to HBO's 'Into the Storm' Documentary    [archive]
Twitter has suspended 70,000 QAnon accounts since U.S. Capitol riot    [archive]
Failed GOP Candidates Say 'Deep State' Used 'Weather Manipulation Technology' to Punish DeSantis    [archive]
'QAnon Shaman' Jacob Chansley, A Capitol Riot 'Flag-Bearer,' Sentenced To Prison HuffPost Latest News    [archive]
Anti-social personality traits are stronger predictors of QAnon conspiracy beliefs than left-right orientations    [archive]
Dem's New Bill Aims to Bar QAnon Followers From Security Clearances    [archive]
Pulaski County child pornography defendant says QAnon made him do it    [archive]
The Replacement Conspiracy Inspiring Mass Shootings - YouTube    [archive]
QAnon Believers Are Grappling With Biden's Presidency   [archive]
The New Age spirituality of TikTok, from prosperity gospel to manifesting - Vox    [✚ add]
Sound Of Freedom producers forced to debunk AMC conspiracy theory    [✚ add]
PM's office won't release any texts with QAnon friend, arguing they would not be 'official documents' Scott Morrison The Gua   [✚ add]

How 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' Fuels Extremism and Fear - The New York Times    [archive]
Ex-Fox News Host Gretchen Carlson Can't Believe The 'Crap' Spewed On Tucker Carlson's Show    [archive]
PolitiFact Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over 'great replacement theory,' despite talking about it often    [archive]
Fox News host Tucker Carlson tells interviewer 'I lie' Fox News The Guardian    [archive]
How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable - The New York Times   [archive]
Heritage president backs Tucker Carlson after interview with Holocaust-denier Nick Fuentes    [✚ add]
The Right's Identity Crisis- Ben Shapiro Becomes Its Moral Leader by Calling Out Tucker Carlson    [✚ add]
Tucker Carlson says Trump administration is using Charlie Kirk's killing to trample First Amendment    [✚ add]
Trump envoy blasted over 'insane' Putin comments in Tucker Carlson interview    [✚ add]
'Antisemite of the Year' finalists include Tucker Carlson and Ms. Rachel, but not Nick Fuentes   [✚ add]

Deprogramming the Cult of the Workplace Personality Test    [archive]
Increasingly cultish Trump rallies aim to shield him with armor of God Raw Story    [archive]
The Sunk Cost Fallacy How It Affects Your Decisions    [archive]
Jim Jones Wikipedia    [archive]
Japan may seek to dissolve Moonies church in wake of Shinzo Abe killing Japan The Guardian   [archive]
Inside QAnon A Look at an Alarming New Book - Washingtonian   [✚ add]

Elon Musks X is being sued again this time over 120 million worth of server parts    [archive]
X Investor Slams Elon Musk for Tremendous Failure Running Platform    [archive]
X suspends White Dudes for Harris account after massive fundraiser The Washington Post    [archive]
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Elon Musk is helping fuel the flames of farright rioting on X An expert says his own platform is radicalizing him   [archive]
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Sound Of Freedom producers forced to debunk AMC conspiracy theory    [✚ add]
Q Accidentally Outed Himself, But QAnon Followers Don't Care   [✚ add]

Social Media
MrBeast says its painful watching wannabe YouTube influencers quit school and jobs for a pipe dream For every person like me that makes it    [archive]
Twitter is becoming a ghost town of bots as AIgenerated spam content floods the internet ABC News    [archive]
Inside China's Biggest Live-Streaming Superstar Factory    [archive]
How social media killed the protest Financial Times    [archive]
Boat Jumping Challenge Cannot Be Attributed to Social Media Officials Say   [archive]
Surgeon general calls for warning label on social media platforms - Watch    [✚ add]
'Adolescence' Co-Creator Responds To -Absurd- Misinformation Spread By Elon Musk    [✚ add]
'Doing the worst of all worlds'- Facebook whistleblower takes new shot at Zuckerberg   [✚ add]