{"id":31054,"date":"2020-10-08T12:14:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=31054"},"modified":"2020-10-08T12:14:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:14:52","slug":"why-do-left-wing-conspiracies-gain-so-much-traction-by-big-social-media-while-the-right-is-always-aggressively-censored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=31054","title":{"rendered":"Why do left-wing conspiracies gain so much traction by Big Social Media<\/i> while the Right<\/i> is always aggressively censored?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Left Wing Conspiracy Theories Go Mainstream, All Others Banned \u2013 Going Down the Rabbit Hole<\/h1>\n

by Tom Williams
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With just a few weeks to go before the 2020 presidential elections, politics are getting thicker than mud. The heavily politicized Coronavirus \u201cpandemic\u201d keeps dominating the news cycle \u2013 continuing lockdowns and mask mandates, with its subsequent devastating economic realities. Then came the Black Live Matter protest\/riots that have rocked the nation \u2013 with the insane idea of defunding and eliminating the police with the lack of law and order largely supported by Democratic local officials. As a backdrop to this is all the ongoing investigations of all the malfeasance done by our politicians. And now an October surprise (perhaps not the only one to come), the diagnosis of President Trump\u2019s COVID-19 infection. This political season has got everyone saying, \u201cwe have never seen anything like this before.\u201d<\/p>\n

All these events have driven many to speculate, and yes, driven many of the conspiracy theories (sometimes parading as truth) we see in the media. Who doesn\u2019t like going down a rabbit hole for a really good juicy story? Part of investigative reporting does involve a bit of speculation (making a hypothesis and then seeking truth to prove or not prove), often called conspiracy theories. One can see the odd things in the news and try to smell \u201crats\u201d to then expose them. So critical thinking on news events is not necessarily bad. However, one does need to keep a level head to find the truth and not use them to drive a political agenda. So all conspiracy theories are not necessarily false.<\/p>\n

And now the latest left-wing conspiracy theory concerning the diagnosis of President Trump\u2019s COVID-19 infection.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Left-wing activist Michael Moore has\u00a0floated a conspiracy theory<\/a>\u00a0on his Facebook page that suggested that Donald Trump\u2019s coronavirus diagnosis was fake. Moore justified his skepticism of Trump\u2019s diagnosis by citing the supposed president\u2019s many lies and incorrect statements. \u201cThere is one absolute truth about Trump: He is a consistent, absolute, unrelenting, fearless, and professional liar. A serial liar. A factually proven liar. How many lies now has the Washington Post proven in these four years? 25,000? A lie at least twice during every waking hour? Think of all the bad people you\u2019ve known in your life. Even the worst ones you couldn\u2019t say that about.,\u201d he wrote. Moore then asked, \u201cso why on earth would we believe him today? Has he earned your trust now?\u201d He pondered why Trump would \u201call of a sudden just start telling the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not to be outdone, MSNBC\u2019s Joy Reid chimed in and gave Moore\u2019s conspiracy theory even more oxygen.<\/p>\n

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