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May 26 2021
Analysis
The long tail of Trump's Big Lie: 9 ways it continues to affect American politics
Donald Trump isn't moving on. Neither is his party.
More than six months after his defeat, Trump continues to declare that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen" from him. And this lie, sometimes called "the Big Lie," continues to have a major impact on American politics.
The lie would matter, as a matter of principle, even if it wasn't having much of a practical effect. But
CNN (Online News)Jan 11 2021
Analysis
After the Capitol riots, platforms, archivists, conspiracists, and investigators collide
Some of the entries in our 2021 predictions package proved gloomily prescient this week as a mob stormed the Capitol, incited by Trump’s baseless claims that he won the election.
“A lot of America slipped into conspiracy thinking during this pandemic, and they got there from yoga Instagrams and NFL forums and private church choir Facebook groups that were systematically invaded by QAnon
Nieman LabJun 01 2021
News
Trump Telling Allies He Expects To Be ‘Reinstated’ By August, NYT Reporter Claims
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said Tuesday that former President Donald Trump “has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August.”
Haberman tweeted a video Tuesday from CNN that showed apparently QAnon-influenced Trump supporters expressing support for a Myanmar-style coup to reinstate the former president. Trump’s former
The Daily CallerFeb 15 2021
Background
Conspiracy theories, misinformation, COVID-19, and the 2020 election
Democrats and Republicans both believe in conspiracy theories, but different ones.
Sixty percent of Democrats believe Russia has damaging information about Donald Trump, a belief shared by only one in three Americans overall. A majority (59 percent) of Republicans are convinced that there has been a coordinated effort by “unelected government officials” to undermine the Trump
American Enterprise InstituteJun 10 2021
Fact Check
Did Fauci Send an Email Touting Hydroxychloroquine as a COVID Treatment?
An Instagram post from popular QAnon account JOKAQARMY claims that on March 1, 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases “sent an attachment titled 'HCQ, A Modest Proposal for Mitigating COVID-19 2.0.pdf.”
HCQ is a common abbreviation for hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to combat malaria that was controversially heralded as a
The DispatchOct 23 2020
Analysis
Debunking the False Claim That COVID Death Counts Are Inflated
A persistent falsehood has been circulating on social media: the number of COVID deaths is much lower than the official statistic of more than 218,000, and therefore the danger of the disease has been overblown. In August President Trump retweeted a post claiming that only 6 percent of these reported deaths were actually from COVID-19. (The tweet originated from a follower of the debunked
Scientific AmericanMar 24 2021
Opinion
The Media Would Rather Talk About Race Than Stop Mass Shootings or Crime
Every time there is a mass shooting in the U.S., partisans on both sides hold their collective breath waiting for the perpetrator to be identified in order to see whose worldview will be vindicated. The left gets excited about murders involving police officers shooting unarmed black people, as well as those perpetrated by white supremacists or believers in QAnon; the right highlights Muslim
NewsweekFeb 07 2022
News
Canadian-style trucker protests spread throughout the world
Following the example of the thousands of Canadian truckers protesting COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the capital of Ottawa, truckers in other countries have begun organizing their own versions of the "Freedom Convoy."
From Leeuwarden in the Netherlands to Wellington, New Zealand, to London to Canberra, Australia, truckers are hitting the road to send a clear message: stop the mandates
Fox News (Online News)Oct 16 2020
News
Savannah Guthrie grilled Trump like few others have, taking the heat off NBC for its town hall
The network was criticized for accommodating Trump after he rejected a debate. But then the ‘Today’ host started asking him questions.
NBC faced sharp criticism this week for scheduling a Thursday night town hall with President Trump, with even network employees chiding their employer for giving him an hour of airtime — “a free hour of television,” he said, sounding pleased, at a rally
Washington PostMar 08 2023
Perspectives Blog
Was Jan. 6 an Insurrection? Where the Left and Right Disagree
Was the event widely referred to as the Jan. 6 Capitol riot truly an “insurrection,” or just a riot? Media outlets on the left and right reveal political bias in how they describe the events of Jan. 6.
Many Americans remain divided on what took place on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol. While both sides seem to agree on using the word “riot” when referencing the protesters who
AllSides Staff