On AlterNet: conspiracy theories

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "conspiracy theories"

Truth Decay: Conspiracy Theories and Hoaxes Are Blurring Reality

Greg Guma, Maverick Media. May 25, 2011.

How about some accountability for the false prophets, gross opportunists, and irresponsible rumor-mongers who threaten society with truth decay?

One Surprising Reason People May Believe Bizarre Conspiracy Theories

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune Magazine. April 25, 2011.

People who see dark conspiracies everywhere are offering some interesting information — about themselves.

Why Is Simon & Schuster Spreading the Wild Conspiracy Theories of an Unhinged Islamophobic Blogger?

Elon Green, AlterNet. July 31, 2010.

Pamela Geller has some crazy ideas, which the corporate media seem content to disseminate uncritically.

Pentagon Shooting Yet Another Sign of Boiling Anti-Government Sentiment

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. March 5, 2010.

The media are trying to find political affiliations for the Pentagon shooter, but they're missing the big picture.

Jesse Ventura Takes the Soaring Interest in Conspiracy Theory to TV -- And Viewers Are Flocking to It

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. January 30, 2010.

Bringing formerly taboo issues to TV, the former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler's show has caught on. Conspiracy theorists probably aren't surprised.

Obama Confidant's Spine-Chilling Proposal to 'Cognitively Infiltrate' Conspiracy Theorist Groups

Glenn Greenwald, Salon. January 20, 2010.

Recent paper by Obama adviser Cass Sunstein proposes bizarre methods to stamp out "false conspiracy theories," including taxing the people who engage in them.

How Easy it Is to Reinforce People's Conspiracy Paranoia

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: World. December 14, 2009.

True but kind of lame 9/11 story.

Can You Say Irony? Glenn Beck Offers Insight Into Conspiracy Theories

Simon Maloy, Media Matters for America AlterNet: PEEK. December 2, 2009.

It's amusing that someone so practiced in conspiracy theorism could demonstrate such ignorance of how conspiracy theories work.

What Does it Mean to Take Sarah Palin and the Tea-Bagger Set "Seriously"?

Susan Wallace, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 24, 2009.

I know we're supposed to, but ...

Another Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory About Obama Gets Pushed by Fox and Shredded by Reality

Simon Maloy, Media Matters for America AlterNet: Politics. October 25, 2009.

Another day ...

Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh Are Crazy -- Yet Corporate Media Legitimize Them

Jamison Foser, Media Matters for America. October 19, 2009.

When Limbaugh, Beck and Fox news are treated like legitimate players, it causes the rest of the media to run to the right.

Take the Obama Conspiracy-Theory Challenge!

Leslie Savan, TheNation.com AlterNet: Politics. September 11, 2009.

What's next, that the government plans to tattoo the presidential seal on the soles of the feet of all gun-owning Christians?

RNC Won't Distance Itself From Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory Site

Terry Krepel, Media Matters for America AlterNet: PEEK. September 4, 2009.

In the 1960's, many GOPers had the integrity to denounce the irresponsible fringe. Today the Republican National Committee seems to work with them.

Birther Insanity Continues to Spiral Out of Control

Tintin, Sadly, No! AlterNet: PEEK. August 4, 2009.

Check out the latest.

Are 'Birthers' and Anti-Choicers One and the Same?

Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check AlterNet: PEEK. August 3, 2009.

There's a great deal of overlap between anti-choice nuts and birther conspiracy theorists.

Washington Post Defends Birther Coverage

BarbinMD, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. July 29, 2009.

You really cannot make this crap up.

Racism Is the Prime Cause for Debunked Obama Birth Certificate Conspiracy Theory

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. July 28, 2009.

The "birther" conspiracy has been utterly debunked, yet more GOP establishment figures have embraced the transparently racist cause.

CNN's Howard Kurtz Criticizes CNN's Lou Dobbs For Giving Airtime To 'Birther' Conspiracies

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. July 27, 2009.

Dobbs is now getting attacked on his own network.

Crazy "Birther" Conspiracy Theories Get Boost in Mainstream Media

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. July 24, 2009.

The movement is a sinister attempt to paint Obama as illegitimate, foreign, and suspect. Why are pundits like Lou Dobbs taking it seriously?

10 Commandments of the Anti-Christ: Mysterious "Guidestones" Madden Conspiracy Theorists and Christian Fundamentalists

Joseph Laycock, Religion Dispatches. July 6, 2009.

Conspiracy theorists and fringe Christians think the mysterious Georgia stones signal the coming of a "New World Order."

Is Fox So Crazy That It's Even Alienating Some Conservatives?

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America. June 17, 2009.

The hate-filled rhetoric spewed by Fox pundits like Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly is even alarming some of the people who work there.

Fox Propaganda Site Goes to New Lengths to Distort Reality

Karl Frisch, Media Matters for America. June 8, 2009.

"Fox Nation", a website that's the newest addition to Rupert Murdoch's evil empire, deliberately misleads readers.

3 Good Reasons (and 1 Bad One) Why I Don't Buy Into Your Conspiracy Theories

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 18, 2009.

Conspiracy theories often pre-empt substantive analysis of the real political structures that shape our society.

More Proof That Republicans Are (Literally) Losing Their Minds Over Obama

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. February 16, 2009.

It seems a little early in Obama's presidency to see Republicans become this deranged. I shudder to think how unhinged they'll be in, say, a year.

Conservatives' Crazy Conspiracy Theories About the Econapocalypse

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 23, 2008.

Keep in mind, these aren't just some poor men ranting on a street corner; they are well-paid, well-connected conservative media personalities.