Conspiracy theorists

Shocked and moved me far more than I anticipated: Hoaxed reviewed

From our UK edition

I shied away from conspiracy stuff during the Trump era. Not the theories themselves, but the huge volume of content proclaiming that we lived in a post-truth age of misinformation and conspiracy. It wasn’t that I disagreed with the idea that something like this was happening, or the idea that it was bad. It was more a certain tone these podcasts, essays and articles shared – almost a shared idiom and turn of phrase. People talked about ‘truth’ and ‘facts’ and ‘evidence’ with unwavering self-certainty.

Russiagate nut prematurely announces the Queen’s death

Cockburn was shocked and saddened to learn of Queen Elizabeth II's death on Twitter this morning. Until he realized the tweet’s author was Louise Mensch, noted liberal conspiracy theorist. As journalists the world over hover over their keyboards, Mensch, a former British MP, just went for it. She then did what the left does best: rewrote the narrative by deleting her tweet and blaming it on someone else. Thankfully, notes Cockburn, the internet is forever: The WSJ? Cockburn can't help but think this is really all the fault of the Marshal of the Supreme Court. Mensch may have been jumped the gun, but then her tweet was far from the most offensive of the day.