As the political fervor roiled around sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in September 2018, a number of explanations and excuses for his purported behavior appeared even before the details of the reports were widely known. Some of these excuses bordered on the mystical; others ignored the border and just went straight …
An ugly moment in a 2020 presidential debate followed online attacks.
How Alex Jones and his ilk helped turn anti-fascists into a convenient far-right boogeyman.
For years, fringe blogs have attempted to game their way to attention online by regurgitating the same ominous warning about “15 days of darkness,” falsely claiming that NASA had confirmed a “one-in-a-million” event, while moving the dates along for their own purposes. This particular hoax has been regurgitated enough times that we have addressed them …
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The reasoning behind the move was attributed to a familiar source of right-wing disinformation campaigns.
Right-wing blogs and Donald Trump’s administration seized on her to push the claim that he was “spied” on.
Hal Lewis blamed a “money flood” for scientific consensus on global warming.
A baseless story from a 2012 book continues to spread xenophobia online.
An insidious conspiracy theory with ancient roots wreaked havoc on American politics in 2016.
The billionaire is a familiar — and easy — target for right-wing, antisemitic disinformation.
