Big Idea: Teach kids about misinformation
With the rampant spread of fake news and conspiracy theories, Canadian students would benefit from extra lessons in BS detection.
conspiracy theories
Welcome to crazy town: The QAnon movement explained
A new book traces how QAnon’s openness to bizarre, dangerous beliefs has lent it terrifying power
Love makes the world go...flat
Paul Wells: If you want to believe in goofy faux-science theories—from the flat earth to cupping—it’s pretty easy nowadays to find a like-minded friend
Why your belief in JFK theories is so wrong
The release of new documents related to the JFK assassination won’t satisfy conspiracy theorists who have always misunderstood how politics and power interact
Why Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories are strangely popular
Just how big a threat are Trump’s conspiracy theories to the democratic process in America?
Will authorities revisit TWA 800?
Colby Cosh on conspiracy theories, Snowden Effects and the 1996 explosion of a plane off the coast of New York
Bin Laden: Dead or alive?
Rumours about bin Laden are only the latest in a toxic new wave of conspiracy theories
Am I the only one who’s seeing this?
Recession, war: nothing slows U.S. paranoia productivity. And nation, we can’t fall behind.