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For info - there’s a podcast on BBC Sounds called Disaster Trolls.
It explores the topic of conspiracy theorists to understand what motivates them and whether or not they actually believe the stuff they’re spouting on Twitter etc.
This ties in closely with the discussions a few of us on here have had about free speech and Twitter mis-use and so on.
I won’t spoil it for you, but the BBC investigative journalist speaks to victims of the MEN arena bombing about the conspiracy theorists who have claimed the victims are merely paid actors.
The journalist reveals how conspiracy theories are incredibly popular. For example, a survey revealed that one in 7 don’t believe that any terrorist attacks have happened in the UK. They think they were staged events.
One of the most followed conspiracy theorists is confronted by the journalist about the upset he’s caused. Anyway, it’s a 10 part series. Each episode is about 15 mins long but links to the next very well so it makes for compulsive listening.
It’s very disturbing and thought provoking.
One of the sickest revelations is about how a conspiracy theorist set up a covert recording outside the house of a young girl who was injured in the MEN bombing, to try and establish if she was feigning her injury. He also visited the workplace of a mum who lost a finger due to shrapnel injury. He pretends to be a customer so he can see whether or not her finger is missing. It’s appalling.
So anyway - have a listen if this is of interest. I found it to be excellent.
It explores the topic of conspiracy theorists to understand what motivates them and whether or not they actually believe the stuff they’re spouting on Twitter etc.
This ties in closely with the discussions a few of us on here have had about free speech and Twitter mis-use and so on.
I won’t spoil it for you, but the BBC investigative journalist speaks to victims of the MEN arena bombing about the conspiracy theorists who have claimed the victims are merely paid actors.
The journalist reveals how conspiracy theories are incredibly popular. For example, a survey revealed that one in 7 don’t believe that any terrorist attacks have happened in the UK. They think they were staged events.
One of the most followed conspiracy theorists is confronted by the journalist about the upset he’s caused. Anyway, it’s a 10 part series. Each episode is about 15 mins long but links to the next very well so it makes for compulsive listening.
It’s very disturbing and thought provoking.
One of the sickest revelations is about how a conspiracy theorist set up a covert recording outside the house of a young girl who was injured in the MEN bombing, to try and establish if she was feigning her injury. He also visited the workplace of a mum who lost a finger due to shrapnel injury. He pretends to be a customer so he can see whether or not her finger is missing. It’s appalling.
So anyway - have a listen if this is of interest. I found it to be excellent.