The 9/11 attacks and their aftermath helped reshape, and in some ways turbocharge, the misinformation and conspiracy theory industry. In several ways, the attacks planted the seeds for the modern misinformation era.
from May 2020 that pushed a number of conspiracy theories about the coronavirus.
With a budget of just $2,000, the original version of "Loose Change" quickly spread on Google Video, a precursor to YouTube, according to. Subsequent iterations, one of them co-produced by InfoWars founder Alex Jones, were released in 2005 and 2007. But "Loose Change" showed how powerful conspiracy theories and misinformation can be when they make people feel like researchers and ask them to put the pieces together, Olmsted said. It also thrust Jones and InfoWars further into the spotlight.
As the U.S. war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan soured, and as it became clear that Bush and his administration had been deceptive, or deceived, about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, acceptance of various 9/11 conspiracy theories shot up, Olmsted said.Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and President George W. Bush look toward the fallen buildings during a tour of the World Trade Center on Sept. 14, 2001, in New York.
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