Disinformation

"You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts, they alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering."

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Disinformation
What headline 'Gaslighting' is Merriam-Webster's word of 2022 NPR    [archive]
Conspiracy theory Wikipedia    [archive]
Viral Manspreading Video is Staged Kremlin Propaganda EUvsDisinfo    [archive]
The Politics of Fear The Peculiar Persistence of American Paranoia a book by Arthur Goldwag    [archive]
Recognizing fake news now a required subject in California schools News PleasantonWeeklycom    [archive]
The Qult Headquarters    [archive]
Study Fox viewers more likely to believe Covid falsehoods - POLITICO    [archive]
Disinformation on Reddit & How We Beat It Together - Smarter Every Day 232 - YouTube    [archive]
Media cross-ownership in the United States - Wikipedia    [archive]
Conspiracy theories about Texas' weather crisis are running rampant with a boost from right-wing media   [archive]
Unsealed FBI Doc Exposes Terrifying Depth of Russian Disinfo Scheme _ The New Republic    [✚ add]
Giuliani Texted Wrong Number While Pushing to Overturn 2020 Election    [✚ add]
Jeffrey Epstein documents are a Lollapalooza for conspiracy theorists   [✚ add]

Qanon
Ricky Davila on Twitter QAnon terrorist Marjorie Greene is bragging about being elected with an overwhelming majority of the    [archive]
Trust the Plan The Rise of QAnon and the Conspiracy That Unhinged America by Will Sommer, Hardcover Barnes & Noble    [archive]
Dem Rep. Ruben Gallego Tells Marjorie Taylor Greene 'Shut Your Seditious, QAnon Loving Mouth'    [archive]
QAnon Revives America's 'Satanic Panic' NPR    [archive]
Misinformation Monitor August 2022 - NewsGuard    [archive]
Alex Kaplan on Twitter Since Biden was inaugurated, QAnon supporters have pushed false claims of supposed proof that Biden h    [archive]
Dem's New Bill Aims to Bar QAnon Followers From Security Clearances    [archive]
Michigan father shot his family, police say. His daughter blames QAnon. - The Washington Post    [archive]
PolitiFact QAnon hoax has been linked to violence. Fox News' Greg Gutfeld falsely claimed it hasn't    [archive]
Marjorie Taylor Greene aka Qanon Karen   [archive]
FBI Labels Fringe Conspiracy Theories as Domestic Terrorism Threat    [✚ add]
'The lunacy is getting more intense' how Birds Aren't Real took on the conspiracy theorists QAnon The Guardian    [✚ add]
Suspect in FBI Georgia gate crash allegedly linked to QAnon - Watch   [✚ add]

PolitiFact Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over 'great replacement theory,' despite talking about it often    [archive]
How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News - and Became Trump's Heir - The New York Times    [archive]
Chris Cuomo calls Fox News a 'disgrace' for not informing viewers that Tucker Carlson shouldn't be taken seriously    [archive]
The Legal Defense For Fox's Tucker Carlson He Can't Be Literally Believed NPR    [archive]
How Tucker Carlson Stoked White Fear to Conquer Cable - The New York Times   [archive]
Heritage board member resigns over organization's defense of Tucker Carlson    [✚ add]
Heritage Foundation defections continue over support for Tucker Carlson    [✚ add]
'Antisemite of the Year' finalists include Tucker Carlson and Ms. Rachel, but not Nick Fuentes    [✚ add]
McConnell pans Heritage Foundation for its defense of Tucker Carlson's Nick Fuentes interview - POLITICO    [✚ add]
Divide in Republican Party over Epstein files, Tucker Carlson's Nick Fuentes interview - Watch   [✚ add]

The Sunk Cost Fallacy How It Affects Your Decisions    [archive]
Jesus is their savior Trump is their candidate Expresidents backers say he shares faith values    [archive]
Roseanne Barr warns of baby blooddrinking Democrats in bizarre communiqu from MaraLago Saloncom    [archive]
Jim Jones Wikipedia    [archive]
Students Say They Were Duped Into Attending Twisted Religious Event   [archive]
I'm a Parkland Shooting Survivor. QAnon Convinced My Dad It Was All a Hoax.   [✚ add]

Twitter Is in Extremely Deep Trouble    [archive]
Elon Musks lawsuit trying to silence his critics is assigned to a notorious GOP judge Vox    [archive]
Elon Musk Says Ketamine Prescription Is in Investors Best Interests TSLA Bloomberg    [archive]
Elon Musk Under SEC Investigation Over Refusal to Testify in Twitter Probe Bloomberg    [archive]
Elon Musk Donates to Trump Tapping Vast Fortune to Swing 2024 Race Bloomberg   [archive]
QAnon Conspiracy Endorsed By 'Minecraft' Creator Markus 'Notch' Persson    [✚ add]
What is QAnon Explaining the bizarre rightwing conspiracy theory Technology The Guardian    [✚ add]
QAnon Is Like a Game-a Most Dangerous Game WIRED   [✚ add]

Social Media
Urban Dictionary Main Character Syndrome    [archive]
Ivy league Inside the subreddit that predicts your chances of getting into top schools    [archive]
Mark Zuckerberg ignored teen and user safety warnings from Meta executives CNN Business    [archive]
The US military is embedded in the gaming world Its target teen recruits US military The Guardian    [archive]
Facebook and the Cambridge Analytica Scandal, in 3 Paragraphs - The Atlantic   [archive]
AI chatbots are creating more hateful online content- Researchers    [✚ add]
Almost anything goes on social media - as long as it doesn't make billionaires feel even a little bit unsafe    [✚ add]
Raising Humans in a Digital World - Google Books   [✚ add]