Demonstrators swarm the U.S. Capitol building during a protest in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Unraveling viral disinformation and explaining where it came from, the harm it's causing, and what we should do about it.
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Despite the tragic losses suffered by the families of these men, QAnon supporters have been eagerly spreading baseless conspiracy theories about the deaths.“What’s going on?” DeAnna Lorraine declared in an interview with right-wing talk show host Stew Peters this week. “Obviously, one is weird. Two is very weird. Three, anything more than three is really statistically impossible. Something very weird is happening here. And I think that we can safely assume that these are not suicides. I mean, come on, we’re not stupid. We’ve seen this time and time again.”
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