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QAnon Supporters Say Trump Gave 'Complete Confirmation' of Conspiracy Theory

By Ewan Palmer — Newsweek

By Ewan Palmer* – Newsweek Followers of QAnon are jubilant after President Donald Trump failed to denounce the baseless conspiracy theory, which claims that leading Democrats are satanic pedophiles, during NBC’s Town Hall. The president frequently claimed he knows…

16 October 2020 · 4 min read

Elections

As QAnon Conspiracy Theories Draw New Believers, Scientists Take Aim at Misinformation Pandemic

By David H. Freedman — Newsweek

Freedman – Newsweek The first three “nodes” of the conspiracy-theory network known as QAnon arose in 2018 in the persons of founders Tracy Diaz, Paul Furber and Coleman Rogers. They had figured out how to profit from promoting the posts of “Q,” a mysterious figure claiming…

14 October 2020 · 18 min read