I would love a conspiracy corner. That was one of my favorite sections on Al Jazeera. They seem to have got rid of that when they went more mainstream with an English edition.
I would love a conspiracy corner. That was one of my favorite sections on Al Jazeera. They seem to have got rid of that when they went more mainstream with an English edition.
Oh, they didn't go "mainstream", they just renamed it "The Democratic Underground".Originally Posted by bismark17
The funny conspiracies for me are the "you won't believe this" police reports we read in academy. Real stuff so outrageous as to blow your mind. Usually if it is "an old saw" you can pick it out as urban legend. Then there are things that just so crazy they are true. Then there are fallacies that look great at first but violate lots of rules of logic. An example is the Clinton body count where you can fit evidence to a situation which leads to all kinds of wild speculation.
Unfortunately Snopes and Urban Legends aren't that great of sites to chase these things down due to the heavy advertising.
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Remember Free Republic during the Clinton administration? All the Clinton body count stuff, and how he was running blow out of Mena airport when he was governor? Portions of the left and right can go loco when they are in opposition.
Hofstadter was wrong about Goldwater, but other wise nailed it.The Paranoid Style in American Politics, By Richard Hofstadter. Harper’s Magazine, November 1964.
This is the conspiracy theory de jour:
Republican IT Guru Dies In Plane Crash: Was Sought In Controversies Over E-Voting And Missing White House E-Mails; His Death Sparks More Controversy, CBS News, Dec. 23, 2008.
[QUOTE=bourbon;62919]Remember Free Republic during the Clinton administration? All the Clinton body count stuff, and how he was running blow out of Mena airport when he was governor? Portions of the left and right can go loco when they are in opposition.
Hofstadter was wrong about Goldwater, but other wise nailed it.
Thanks for posting this. I will have to check further into this when sober.
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