Sunday, September 07, 2025

Becket Adams: Where's the Coverage of Left-Wing Conspiracy Theories?

I think the answer to that version of the question is easy, and Adams is right about it: the MSM is on the blue team, hence they classify a lot more things on the right as "conspiracy theories, and they spend more time criticizing them." In fact, for awhile there (I'd say) "conspiracy theory" almost just meant Something conservatives believe. Remember how the lab-leak hypothesis was a conspiracy theory?
   There just are a lot of conspiracy theories on the right of late: the "plandemic," some versions of the deep-state theory, etc...
   But I'd say that the left is just about as bad. CRT is largely a conspiracy theory, Russiagate was a conspiracy theory (very obviously), the "patriarchy" is largely a conspiracy theory, blah blah blah.
   Which side, if either, is worse isn't clear to me.
   But as for the questions Why does the media categorize so many more beliefs on the right as conspiracy theories, and why does it show so much more interest in them?...the answer is clearly just: They have a significant leftist bias.
   I mean, why do conservative publicans care so much more about blue-team conspiracy theories?
   Same deal, just flipped around.
   Becket is right that it's instructive to compare the Biden and Trump health stuff. Biden was clearly in significant decline and being hidden from the public and the media for a long time. It's not merely that the MSM showed no interest, it actively covered up and minimized the evidence. And, of course: they declared doubts about his health to be...well, you know.
   Trump, seemingly in good health for his age, isn't front and center on the national stage for two days and suddenly he's dead...and, of course, it's being covered up.
   A very clear double standard.
   Though Niall Stanage argues that this was all mostly happening on e.g. Twixxer. The MSM was mostly reporting on that, but not pushing the truth of the theory. That's worth considering...but I'm done.
   

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