Disinformation

"Think about how stupid an average person is. Then realize, that half of them are stupider than that."

George Carlin

Disinformation
Propaganda Definition of Propaganda by Merriam-Webster    [archive]
Alex Jones interviewed as an expert on Russian Today, August 2008 - YouTube    [archive]
Alex Jones's Texts Could Be Given to Jan. 6 Panel, Lawyer Says - The New York Times    [archive]
Giuliani threatened with jail as he yells at judge during chaotic bankruptcy hearing The Independent    [archive]
'Weapons Of Mass Deception' NPR    [archive]
Botometer by OSoMe    [archive]
Fox News Settles Defamation Suit for 7875 Million Dominion Says The New York Times    [archive]
Baltimore Mayor Turns the Tables on Racist Bridge Collapse Conspiracy Theorists    [archive]
Far more devious Jon Stewart says Fox News created far more damage than Alex Jones ever will Saloncom    [archive]
Rightwing US media covered fiction as fact A nonexistent terrorist attack from Canada at Rainbow Bridge CBC News   [archive]
Opinion- Inevitable surge of election disinformation swamps voters. Don't fall for it-    [✚ add]
How Lauren Chen went from 'alt-lite' YouTuber to alleged Russian asset    [✚ add]
AI-generated election disinformation can subtly influence voters, deepen political divide   [✚ add]

Qanon
QAnon Doesn't Think Trump Conceded    [archive]
Defiant Cheney says voters were 'lied to' by Trump as she insists GOP should not be 'party of QAnon'    [archive]
A new book explains how QAnon took hold of the GOP - and why it's not going away NPR    [archive]
Alex Kaplan on Twitter Since Biden was inaugurated, QAnon supporters have pushed false claims of supposed proof that Biden h    [archive]
COVID adds to California yoga and wellness QAnon problem - Los Angeles Times    [archive]
How QAnon Followers Reacted to HBO's 'Into the Storm' Documentary    [archive]
Q Into the Storm says Ron Watkins is Q. Is it convincing    [archive]
Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support for executing prominent Democrats in 2018 and 2019 before running for Congress CNN    [archive]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she regrets 'words of the past,' without specific apology - syracuse.com    [archive]
How journalists should not cover an online conspiracy theory Opinion The Guardian   [archive]
Even the 'QAnon Shaman' has turned on Trump    [✚ add]
The psychology of Qanon Why do seemingly sane people believe bizarre conspiracy theories    [✚ add]
QAnon latest Trump-linked conspiracy theory gains steam at president's rallies US news The Guardian   [✚ add]

Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news NPR    [archive]
The Legal Defense For Fox's Tucker Carlson He Can't Be Literally Believed NPR    [archive]
Chris Cuomo calls Fox News a 'disgrace' for not informing viewers that Tucker Carlson shouldn't be taken seriously    [archive]
Tucker Carlson Asked Hunter Biden For Help With His Son's Georgetown Application HuffPost Latest News    [archive]
PolitiFact Tucker Carlson feigned ignorance over 'great replacement theory,' despite talking about it often   [archive]
NY Post Writer Makes Brilliant Point About Candace Owens, Tucker Claims That Epstein Was Israeli Blackmail Op    [✚ add]
Trump defends Tucker Carlson after interview with white nationalist    [✚ add]
Tucker Carlson says Trump administration is using Charlie Kirk's killing to trample First Amendment    [✚ add]
Antisemitic Podcaster Calls Tucker Carlson Too Antisemitic    [✚ add]
Heritage Foundation defections continue over support for Tucker Carlson   [✚ add]

Christian Zionists And Climate Deniers Are Ushering In The Apocalypse    [archive]
Sunk cost Wikipedia    [archive]
Trump Voters Trust ExPresident More Than Their Family and Friends Poll    [archive]
How stupidity is an existential threat to America Opinion    [archive]
My Brush With the Black Manosphere   [archive]
Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They're finding QAnon instead. MIT Technology Review   [✚ add]

Elon Musks Biggest Boondoggle    [archive]
X breaks Twitter images and links posted prior to December 2014 The Verge    [archive]
Elon Musks X Changes Its Domain Name    [archive]
Twitter commandeers X username from man who had it since 2007 Ars Technica    [archive]
X Usage Dropped 30 In Last Year Study Says   [archive]
FBI Labels Fringe Conspiracy Theories as Domestic Terrorism Threat    [✚ add]
QAnon supporters gather in Las Vegas and politely embrace conspiracy theories    [✚ add]
Q Into the Storm Official Teaser HBO - YouTube   [✚ add]

Social Media
Facebook Says AI Will Clean Up the Platform. Its Own Engineers Have Doubts. - WSJ    [archive]
How to Stop DoomscrollingWith Psychology WIRED    [archive]
Emotional Intelligence Is the Real Secret to Getting Promoted Faster    [archive]
How TikTok came back to life after Trump's threats - Los Angeles Times    [archive]
35 Gaslighting Phrases That Experts Say Are Unfairly Belittling Your Emotions   [archive]
You're Not Being Manipulated by Algorithms. You're Obeying Them    [✚ add]
'Talk about snowflakes'- The right-wing meltdown over Newsom's new social media style - Watch    [✚ add]
ChatGPT boss suggests the 'dead internet theory' might be correct   [✚ add]