Re:Pinterest Blocks Vaccination Searches in Move to Control ...
by sandworm101 on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @12:15PM
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Global warming and birtherism were a turning point. It was then than condpiracy theories were directly applicable to politics. Managing them then became a practical political weapon.
Edit: a good example to me was the start of the birther movement, which is a quinessential modern conspiracy theory to me, and I remember that as talk radio and Fox News.