Disinformation

"The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth."

George Orwell

Disinformation
Why DDHQ and Insider called the election for Joe Biden Business Insider    [archive]
Fox News hyped the bogus FBI informant claims against Biden Now its refusing to walk them back CNN Business    [archive]
PolitiFact Donald Trump and the fish food dump How early reports got it wrong    [archive]
'This is f---ing crazy' Florida Latinos swamped by wild conspiracy theories- POLITICO    [archive]
Murdoch Said Big 3 Fox News Hosts Could Declare Biden Winner Filing    [archive]
Too Many People Think Satirical News Is Real    [archive]
Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners CNN Politics    [archive]
Firehose of falsehood - Wikipedia    [archive]
Johnsons Release of Jan 6 Video Feeds RightWing Conspiracy Theories The New York Times    [archive]
The Book - The Brainwashing Of My Dad   [archive]
Conservative activist Joe Oltmann filed $1,000 a day until he discloses evidence to court    [✚ add]
What to know about right-wing influencers unwittingly targeted by Russians    [✚ add]
Surprising Reasons Why Narcissists Like Conspiracy Theories Psychology Today   [✚ add]

Qanon
Dem's New Bill Aims to Bar QAnon Followers From Security Clearances politics    [archive]
HBO's QAnon documentary 'Q Into the Storm' searches for its origins but misses its meaning    [archive]
Actor promotes Trumps movie screening by pushing QAnons bizarre infant blooddrinking theory Raw Story Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism    [archive]
QAnon reshaped Trump's party and radicalized believers. The Capitol siege may just be the start. - The Washington Post    [archive]
MAGAverse Feud Brewing Between Lin Wood, Mike Lindell, and QAnon John    [archive]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says she regrets 'words of the past,' without specific apology - syracuse.com    [archive]
Mike Lindell Gave MyPillow Promotional Deal to QAnon Shows Report    [archive]
COVID adds to California yoga and wellness QAnon problem - Los Angeles Times    [archive]
Sound of Freedom the QAnonadjacent thriller seducing America Movies The Guardian    [archive]
SwiftOnSecurity on Twitter QAnon goes full HODL Twitter   [archive]
Inside QAnon A Look at an Alarming New Book - Washingtonian    [✚ add]
QAnonCasualties    [✚ add]
Q Accidentally Outed Himself, But QAnon Followers Don't Care   [✚ add]

How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News - and Became Trump's Heir - The New York Times    [archive]
Ex-Fox News Host Gretchen Carlson Can't Believe The 'Crap' Spewed On Tucker Carlson's Show    [archive]
Has Tucker Carlson created the most racist show in the history of cable news NPR    [archive]
Ex-White-Nationalist Says They Get Tips From Tucker Carlson    [archive]
Chris Cuomo calls Fox News a 'disgrace' for not informing viewers that Tucker Carlson shouldn't be taken seriously   [archive]
Heritage Foundation defections continue over support for Tucker Carlson    [✚ add]
Trump envoy blasted over 'insane' Putin comments in Tucker Carlson interview    [✚ add]
Antisemitic Podcaster Calls Tucker Carlson Too Antisemitic    [✚ add]
Heritage board member resigns over organization's defense of Tucker Carlson    [✚ add]
Tucker Carlson- Trump Shooter Was a Trump-Backing Radical - and the FBI Covered It Up   [✚ add]

How Trumps attacks on prosecutors build on history of using racist language and stereotypes AP News    [archive]
My Brush With the Black Manosphere    [archive]
Another Tom Cruise Scientology video YouTube    [archive]
The Sunk Cost Fallacy How It Affects Your Decisions    [archive]
How stupidity is an existential threat to America Opinion   [archive]
QAnon's 'Meme Queen' Marches On - The New York Times   [✚ add]

Customers discover fatal design flaw in Teslas 80000 Cybertruck that could lead to passengers fingers being CHOPPED OFF and its been named the guillotine effect Daily Mail Online    [archive]
Elon Musk is a racist by Paris Marx Disconnect    [archive]
Elon Musk Tesla stock and Twitter problems Vox    [archive]
Elon Musk AOC Engage in Twitter Spat Bloomberg    [archive]
EU warns Elon Musk ahead of Trump interview to keep hate speech off X   [archive]
Leaving MAGA- NY mom who fell for anti-vaxxers, QAnon and Trump describes painful escape    [✚ add]
QAnon Shaman Jacob Chansley's Lawyer Wants Him to Testify at Trump's Trial    [✚ add]
Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They're finding QAnon instead. MIT Technology Review   [✚ add]

Social Media
PARA method Organize your life into 4 simple categories Big Think    [archive]
Independent Lens TikTok, Boom. Season 24 Episode 2 PBS    [archive]
What it takes to claim a video has gone viral has changed dramatically The Washington Post    [archive]
Apple has won a patent for the creation of Deepfakes that alter the facial expression and pose of a person in a photo or vid    [archive]
Independent Lens People's Republic of Desire Season 20 Episode 12 PBS   [archive]
Violent UK protests show how social media can fuel real-life harm. It's only getting worse    [✚ add]
Australia to enforce social media age limit of 16 next week with fines up to $33 million    [✚ add]
Bluesky   [✚ add]