Disinformation

"If you lie loud enough, and often enough, the people believe you."

Joseph Goebbels

Disinformation
Election fraud claims on Fox News vs. what was said behind the scenes NPR    [archive]
Letters to the Editor We have Rush Limbaugh to thank for our broken politics    [archive]
Weapons of Mass Delusion on Apple Books    [archive]
What we can learn from people who take the Flat Earth theory seriously - Grid News    [archive]
Empowering social media users to assess content helps fight misinformation MIT News Massachusetts Institute of Technology    [archive]
The Baloney Detection Kit    [archive]
Analysis Fox News has been exposed as a dishonest organization terrified of its own audience CNN Business    [archive]
A man who accused Hunter Biden of having nefarious ties to China is now being charged with having nefarious ties to China    [archive]
Under oath Murdoch concedes Fox stars endorsed lies about 2020 election NPR    [archive]
The Far Right Is Spreading Misinformation Claiming the Lakewood Church Shooter Was Trans   [archive]
Vance suggests the left stole 2020 by doing what his own campaign did    [✚ add]
Experts overwhelmingly blame one person for climate change confusion- 'One of the greatest climate villains'    [✚ add]
CPAC's a Joke, but It's a Useful Window Into the Deep MAGA Fringe   [✚ add]

Qanon
QAnon Thinks Donald Trump's Vaccine Remarks Are Fake, Just a Very Good Imitation    [archive]
Misinformation Monitor August 2022 - NewsGuard    [archive]
Marjorie Taylor Greene indicated support for executing prominent Democrats in 2018 and 2019 before running for Congress CNN    [archive]
Fifteen per cent of Americans believe Satan-worshipping paedophiles run government, media and finance poll The Independent    [archive]
HBO's QAnon documentary 'Q Into the Storm' searches for its origins but misses its meaning    [archive]
QAnon Could Splinter into 'Violent Offshoots' After Trump Exit 'Humiliation Fuels Rage'    [archive]
Germany's 'Biggest QAnon Mouthpiece' Arrested in the Philippines    [archive]
QAnon conspiracists gather in Dallas on the grassy knoll today awaiting JFK Jr's return. PublicFreakout    [archive]
QAnon Followers Say White House's St. Patrick's Day Lighting Was 'Go' Message    [archive]
Conspiracy theories Why beliefs like QAnon flourish - and how to fight them - explained - Vox   [archive]
Sound of Freedom the QAnon-adjacent thriller seducing America Movies The Guardian    [✚ add]
QAnon Could Splinter into 'Violent Offshoots' After Trump Exit 'Humiliation Fuels Rage'    [✚ add]
HBO's QAnon Docuseries 'Q Into the Storm' Believes It Has Discovered Q's Identity   [✚ add]

Ex-White-Nationalist Says They Get Tips From Tucker Carlson    [archive]
Ex-Fox News Host Gretchen Carlson Can't Believe The 'Crap' Spewed On Tucker Carlson's Show    [archive]
How Tucker Carlson Reshaped Fox News - and Became Trump's Heir - The New York Times    [archive]
How 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' Fuels Extremism and Fear - The New York Times    [archive]
Tucker Carlson's 'End of Men' Doc Mocked as Homoerotic 'This is So Gay'   [archive]

QAnon Wikipedia    [archive]
Trump supporter tells ABC News I became a diehard Trump fan when I saw him hug the American flag DeadState    [archive]
Marshall Applewhite Wikipedia    [archive]
Increasingly cultish Trump rallies aim to shield him with armor of God Raw Story    [archive]
Japan may seek to dissolve Moonies church in wake of Shinzo Abe killing Japan The Guardian   [archive]
'They Like Me Very Much' Trump Discusses The QAnon Conspiracy Theory Movement NBC News NOW - YouTube   [✚ add]

Report massive Tesla leak reveals data breaches thousands of safety complaints Tesla The Guardian    [archive]
Ukraine Carried Out Exact Kind of Strike on Russia That Elon Musk Blocked    [archive]
Matt Taibbi Posts Unhinged Messages from Elon Musk    [archive]
Elon Musk Welcomes Child Sex Abuse Imagery Poster Back to Twitter    [archive]
Blue checks on X are superspreaders of IsraelHamas war misinformation The Verge   [archive]
QAnon and UFO Conspiracies Are Merging    [✚ add]
Trump Ends NRA Speech With 'Horror' Warning Set to Dramatic QAnon Music    [✚ add]
QAnon conspiracists gather in Dallas on the grassy knoll today awaiting JFK Jr's return. PublicFreakout   [✚ add]

Social Media
Input on Twitter We said Facebook, Inc. would not use facial recognition. We made no such promises about Meta. httpst.coMb2i    [archive]
Misinformation works and a handful of social supersharers sent 80 of it in 2020 TechCrunch    [archive]
Godwins law Wikipedia    [archive]
White House to Cryptographically Verify Official Communications As AI Deep Fakes Surge    [archive]
The Hare Psychopathy Checklist The test that will tell you if someone is a psychopath   [archive]
We're living in a cyberpunk dystopia - according to the greatest sci-fi novel of all time    [✚ add]
Home - The Digital Wellness Lab    [✚ add]
What Is "Doomscrolling"-and How Can You Stop the Cycle-   [✚ add]