conspiracy theories

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  5/29/2020
  

  The Conspiracy Theories That Fueled the Civil War

  The most powerful people and institutions in the South spread paranoia and fear to protect slavery, leading the country to war, as historians Matthew J. Clavin and Manisha Sinha explain. 

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  5/15/2020
  

  The Conspiracy Museum: A Speculative Address

  by Robin Sloan

  Where might the spread of conspiratorial thinking and evidence-free discourse lead? Read the opening address for the Smithsonian Museum of American Conspiracy from the year 2041. 

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• SOURCE: Saved by History
  5/13/2020
  

  A Response to "Alternate" Explanations

  by L.D. Burnett

  How should a professor respond to a student's journaling project if it reflects unfounded conspiracy theories about Covid-19? 

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• SOURCE: Lead Stories
  4/27/2020
  

  Fact Check: NO Evidence Presidents Lincoln And Kennedy Were Assassinated For Trying To End Federal Reserve

  There is no evidence that both Lincoln and Kennedy were assassinated because they wanted to destroy the Federal Reserve system (which also did not exist in Lincoln's day).   

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• SOURCE: Harvard Crimson
  4/15/2020
  

  As Coronavirus Spreads, False Theories Linking Harvard Professor Lieber to Disease’s Origin Proliferate Online

  Posts falsely claiming that a Harvard professor was arrested for creating and selling the novel coronavirus have been shared more than 79,000 times on Facebook as of April 7, according to Reuters. 

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• SOURCE: WaPo
  12-18-18
  

  Turns out federal judges have little patience for Trump’s conspiracy theories

  by Max Boot

  Trump defenders would be well advised to recall the ignominious fate of previous conspiracy theories before spinning fresh ones.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  8-4-18
  

  Fact-checking QAnon conspiracy theories: Did J.P. Morgan sink the Titanic?

  106 years later, the pro-Trump online conspiracy-theory group QAnon has made Morgan the villain of a wildly implausible story.

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• 6-4-18
  

  Who Killed RFK? Sirhan Sirhan Did It.

  by Mel Ayton

  You can forget the belief he was put up to it by a hypnotist.

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• SOURCE: The Weekly Standard
  12-12-17
  

  Much Ado About Nothing (Re: JFK Conspiracy Theories)

  by Max Holland

  Almost two-thirds of Americans believe there was a wider conspiracy to kill Jack Kennedy. They're wrong.

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• SOURCE: Crosscut
  11-20-17
  

  The JFK assassination files lead back to Seattle

  A University of Washington professor says that one of the doctors who worked on JFK’s body admitted that one shot was from the front not behind him. But that's not what the doctor told Gerald Posner.

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• SOURCE: History channel
  10-30-17
  

  Why the Public Stopped Believing the Government about JFK’s Murder

  by Steven M. Gillon

  It’s likely that we will never know with any certainty why Oswald killed JFK, but we should have been informed that he did it in part to win favor with Cuba and the USSR. 

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• SOURCE: AP
  11-4-17
  

  JFK files say rumors of CIA link to Oswald ‘unfounded’

  A 1975 CIA memo says a thorough search of agency records in and outside the United States was conducted to determine whether Oswald had been used by the agency or connected with it in "any conceivable way." The memo said the search came up empty.

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• SOURCE: jfkfiles.blogspot.com
  10-28-17
  

  Scraping the bottom of the barrel

  by Dale K. Myers

  The latest JFK assassination files leave the media scrambling for something - anything - newsworthy.

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• SOURCE: NBC News
  10-29-17
  

  The One Thing All Americans Agree On: JFK Conspiracy

  The latest numbers from Gallup, from a 2013 survey taken to mark the 50th anniversary of the event, showed 61% of Americans believed the assassination was a conspiracy, while 30% believed Oswald acted alone.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian
  10-26-17
  

  Good History Takes Time, So Be Patient With the New JFK Documents

  There are unlikely to be any bombshells, and it’ll be months or years before historians can draw conclusions from the new files.

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• SOURCE: WaPo
  10-26-17
  

  Trump delays release of some JFK assassination documents, bowing to national security concerns

  The CIA has until March to say why certain documents need to be withheld.  

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• SOURCE: Politico
  10-26-17
  

  How to Read the JFK Assassination Files

  The government is releasing thousands of long-secret files on Kennedy’s murder. Here are some tips for making sense of all the code names, redactions and confusing jargon.

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• 9-17-17
  

  It’s Good to See the Mainstream Media Debunking Conspiracy Claims, but Where Were They Years Ago When RFK’s Death Became Fodder for Nutty Stories?

  by Mel Ayton

  Hopefully they’ll do better next year on the 50th anniversary.

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• 9-6-15
  

  Why Clear Thinking About the Big Events of Our Time Becomes More Difficult Around this Time of Year

  by Robert Alan Goldberg

  Hint: This is when Americans succumb by the millions to conspiracy thinking.

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• SOURCE: Business Insider
  9-1-15
  

  A history professor explains why Americans are so prone to conspiracy theories

  Historically, conspiracy theories have often focused on orchestrated wrongdoings supposedly perpetrated by big business or government on ordinary citizens. But recent conspiracy theories have focused on the victims and their loved ones as key players in the manipulation of the public. What has changed?