Opinion | How the Rise of QAnon Broke Conspiracy Culture
The internet-native theory and the riot it helped spawn have left even Sept. 11 truthers and those who believe in U.F.O. cover-ups deeply unsettled about the future of conspiracy culture.
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The internet-native theory and the riot it helped spawn have left even Sept. 11 truthers and those who believe in U.F.O. cover-ups deeply unsettled about the future of conspiracy culture.
When a verified account called “Dr. Naomi Wolf” began liking a few of my COVID-related tweets a while back, I didn’t think a whole lot of it, really. After all, lots of doctors and epidemiologists are on "Team Reality." They just don’t get all the mainstream media coverage (and respect) afforded the Chicken Littles over at Team Apocalypse. Color me ignorant (and I was!), but it wasn’t until after I saw her now-famous appearance last week on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” that I learned that Dr. Naomi Wolf is not, in fact, a truth-telling epidemiologist, but rather a truth-telling high...