Theories

Eine Flut von Verschwörungstheorien überflutete die sozialen Medien, sobald die Nachricht bekannt wurde, dass am Samstag während des White House Correspondents' Dinners im Washington Hilton Hotel Schüsse gefallen waren. Dies war zu erwarten, doch einige behaupten, dass sich die Dynamik verschiebt, da Theorien nun sowohl von Liberalen und Progressiven als auch von rechten Konten stammen, die US-Präsident Donald Trump kritisch gegenüberstehen.

Neither political party is immune to conspiracies in a time of intense distrust in government and media, experts say After an armed man attempted to breach the ballroom where Donald Trump was set to speak to White House journalists on Saturday, conspiracies immediately spread about whether the event was staged.The rhetoric has become a common refrain from both sides of the aisle in an era of deeply fractured politics and intense distrust in political institutions and media, and in the president himself. Continue reading...

Trump ally grilled by lawmakers over ‘terrible decisions’ on vaccines, public health and funding cuts to key programsUS politics – latest updatesVaccines and public health dominated a frequently contentious hearing with Robert F Kennedy Jr on Thursday before the US House ways and means committee.Kennedy, the controversial health secretary and a longtime vaccine opponent, has overseen sweeping changes to routine vaccination recommendations and has promoted misinformation even amid the biggest measles outbreak in decades. Continue reading...