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How Bill Gates became a favorite target of far-right conspiracy theorists
Bill Gates has been targeted by conspiracy theorists for years. Here's why he emerged as a main sca…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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9. The Mattress Firm Conspiracy Theory
Why are there so many Mattress Firm stores? We team up with Endless Thread podcast to get to the bo…
Sarah Wyman,Dan Bobkoff,Anna …
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Meet the scientists on TikTok challenging conspiracy theories and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines
Team Halo is a collective of volunteers, plus a chihuahua, making videos about the vaccine creation…
Naina Bhardwaj
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Dr. Fauci throws cold water on conspiracy theory that coronavirus escaped a Chinese lab
Fox News and Republican allies of President Donald Trump have been pushing the lab narrative hard i…
John Haltiwanger
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Elon Musk just changed his Twitter bio to 'state-affiliated media'
Twitter's owner changed his bio in response to a question from a Twitter account that had asked abo…
Kate Duffy
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For years, Russia targeted conspiracy theories at a US-funded lab on the frontline of coronavirus testing
The interviewer then pointed to the Lugar Lab facility as a possible source, citing a long-since de…
Mitch Prothero,Mitch Prothero
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Trump continues to promote conspiracy theories from a rapidly rising QAnon star
Ron Watkins has emerged as a top voice for voter-fraud conspiracy theories. His claims are making t…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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23% of Americans think the coronavirus was created in a Chinese lab, a survey suggests. Here's why that conspiracy theory is bogus.
New research suggests that 22% to 23% of Americans and Britons believe the coronavirus was engineer…
Aylin Woodward
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How QAnon infiltrated the yoga world
QAnon, the baseless far-right conspiracy theory, has gone from anonymous message boards into the ma…
Rachel E. Greenspan,Gabby Lan…
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Social-media users in China are obsessing over a conspiracy theory claiming the COVID-19 virus was produced by US-linked laboratories in Ukraine
The buzz centers on a Global Times article that also said, "When the truth is revealed, America wil…
Cheryl Teh
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US officials may have avoided the coronavirus lab-leak theory to avoid associations with controversial gain-of-function research
The US has funded labs that alter coronaviruses for research. That may have led officials to avoid …
Aria Bendix
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Scientists put an end to coronavirus conspiracy theories
Ending speculations about deliberate genetic engineering of new coronavirus, scientists from the Sc…
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Elon Musk and his brother double down on misleading coronavirus theories
Musk previously predicted "close to zero" new COVID-19 cases in the US by April's end. Since then, …
Graham Rapier
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UK spies believe the theory that COVID-19 escaped from a Wuhan lab is 'plausible' and are trying to recruit darknet sources as they investigate it, says report
The theory that the coronavirus leaked from a Wuhan lab was initially dismissed, but intelligence a…
Tom Porter
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Fauci: We need to keep an 'open mind' about the lab-leak theory of the coronavirus pandemic's origins
Dr. Anthony Fauci says it's "more likely" the virus first spread from an animal to a person but urg…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Conspiracy theories blaming Bill Gates for the coronavirus pandemic are exploding online
An analysis found 16,000 Facebook posts with conspiracy theories about Gates and the virus, as well…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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US intel: Coronavirus not manmade, still studying lab theory
Pompeo also pressed China to let outside experts into the lab "so that we can determine precisely …
PTI
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Fauci yet again dismisses conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was made in a Wuhan lab after Pompeo touted 'enormous evidence' of a cover up
"[The scientific evidence] is very, very strongly leaning toward this could not have been artificia…
Rosie Perper
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People can't get enough of this 'hot firefighter' debunking conspiracy theories on TikTok
Dubbed 'hot firefighter' by some on social media, this firefighter is debunking conspiracy theories…
Palmer Haasch
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Condoleezza Rice said the coronavirus lab-leak theory was too easily dismissed early on, and said the media was partly at fault
The theory that the coronavirus escaped from a lab was once widely dismissed as a conspiracy theory…