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March 23, 2022

New York Times slammed over claim GOP using 'appeals to racism,' conservative 'fringes' during Jackson hearing

Critics slammed The New York Times following its publication of an analysis piece claiming Senate Republicans were using "appeals to racism," nods to conservative "fringes," and references to the QAnon movement during Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings.

January 26, 2022

QAnon follower who attacked Capitol police at riot sentenced to three years and eight months in prison

Nicholas Languerand, a believer in the QAnon conspiracy theory was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison for assaulting police officers at the Capitol during 2021's riot.

October 17, 2021

Fauci: People 'react against me' when 'truth becomes inconvenient'

Dr. Anthony Fauci has argued that he is an easy target during the coronavirus pandemic because he stands for "science, data and hard facts" rather than "conspiracy theories." 

August 17, 2021

Brad Meltzer examines D.B. Cooper’s mysterious ‘death’ in Fox Nation’s ‘Greatest Conspiracies of All Time’

In a new episode of 'Brad Meltzer’s Greatest Conspiracies of All Time' Meltzer takes a second look at America’s only unsolved skyjacking and the disappearance of the infamous criminal D.B. Cooper.

August 12, 2021

MSNBC analyst compares Republican party to multiple terrorist organizations: 'Vanilla ISIS'

MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance compared the Republican party to multiple terrorist organizations Wednesday, joining host Joy Reid in likening it to an "insurgency," as well as ISIS, Al Qaeda and the Irish Republican Army (IRA).

August 9, 2021

Gregg Jarrett on the secret JFK assassination files: What is the government hiding?

Decades after the popular president was gunned down in broad daylight, many people are still asking 'who really killed Kennedy' --- and, why won't the government release all the assassination records?

July 8, 2021

MSNBC's Joy Reid conflates opposing critical race theory to supporting QAnon: 'Radicalized parent activists'

MSNBC host Joy Reid continued her attacks this week on those opposed to the teaching of critical race theory (CRT), conflating them with QAnon conspiracy theorists, and describing them as "radicalized parent activists."

February 8, 2021

Liberal media pushes QAnon as new 'boogeyman,' post-Trump face of Republican Party

As the mainstream media struggles to find a new identity with President Trump to criticize at every turn, critics have noticed many liberal news organizations have attempted to make the QAnon conspiracy theory its latest foil in the post-Trump world.

February 8, 2021

QAnon: What to know about the fringe conspiracy theory and its influence

The QAnon movement, and the conspiracy theory motivating it, has been gaining considerably more media attention in the last year and in recent weeks -- specifically in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol building.

January 8, 2021

Man who led rioters up Capitol stairs identified as Iowan in local news reports

A man captured in several videos and photographs at Wednesday's pro-Trump extremist siege of the U.S. Capitol has been identified as 41-year-old Doug Jensen.