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Shock: Conspiracy Nuts Indict Obama

5, Jun 2010

In case you missed it, Barack Obama was indicted last week by a minister’s bizarre court hearing, held in his church. James David Manning of the ATLAH World Ministries Church in Harlem has a pretty wild history detailed by the Southern Poverty Law Center: Manning has vociferously stated his revulsion for Obama many times, including [...]

Right’s Bedell Reply Shows Disconnect

8, Mar 2010

Although I hadn’t touched on it yet, conspiracy theories are a pet topic and one would be amiss not to note Friday’s shooting at the Pentagon by reported Patriot/9-11 Truther John Patrick Bedell. Bedell’s alleged Internet writings expressed concerns of a Sept. 11 coverup. More notably, he taps into sentiments common among the libertarian or [...]

Beheading the Conspiracy Monster

7, Feb 2010

Though most of the media is still buzzing about last night’s Sarah Palin speech at the tea party event (CNN and Fox carried it live), passing without much notice was one of the best refutations of a particularly ghastly tea party/Alex Jones conspiracy theory. Mother Jones dismantled the Obama police-state conspiracy theory this past week [...]

Martial Law Fantasies, Media & Sanity

17, Jan 2010

Does KPFT advocate violence against protesters? Did Pacifica Radio support Amy Goodman’s arrest at the Republican National Convention? A recent conspiracy theory Youtube video claims KPFT spreads disinformation, and stands behind abuses by police. The video is not linked because web metrics judge site/video popularity based on links from other sites to given items. However, [...]

A Final Note on the Conspiracy Debate

2, Nov 2009

After providing lots of links and research, I wanted to take a moment of personal privilege to address the series of conspiracy theory posts and issues discussed in relationship to radio station KPFT. I realized perhaps noting critiques on conspiracy theories had run its course when area ‘patriot’ boycott organizer Clint Milby made claims of [...]


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