At every level of government, authority figures are embracing once-extreme ideas, including that the Earth is flat or that the state controls the weather.
Category: Rumors and Misinformation
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Kennedy Issues Demands for Vaccine Approvals that Could Affect Fall Covid Boosters
The agency suggested that clinical trials in humans may be required for updated Covid shots, raising questions about whether they will be available in the fall.
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A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He’s Also Paid to Promote It.
Funded by the maple industry, a researcher has exaggerated his findings to suggest that syrup could help prevent serious diseases.
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The White House Frames the Past by Erasing Parts of It
As the Trump administration pulls government websites and data offline, it is selectively stripping away the public record, letting the president declare his own version of history, archivists and historians said.
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Trump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term
President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he and those around him are using false claims to justify their policy changes.
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Jonathan Anderson Is Leaving Loewe After Rampant Rumors
The gossip was right: Jonathan Anderson is leaving Loewe. But the way it is happening is not a great look.
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Trump Amplifies Conspiracy Over U.S. Payments to Politico
President Trump spread unfounded claims that the government had paid Politico and other news media outlets for positive coverage of Democrats. Records show agencies paid for subscriptions.