Drew
Active Member
Not sure if any of you caught this, but Rachel Maddow spent the first 20 minutes of her show tonight addressing the Boston CT theories, CT generally, and then hosted anti-"Truther" advocate Alice Hoagland as her guest. I'm not posting it because I agree with her argument specifically, but because it's dealing directly with CT.
[video]http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/#51653479[/video] (feel free to fix this for a proper video embed)
She draws attention to the nexus of conspiracy theory, far right paranoia, anti-Muslim sentiment, and political polarization in a fairly articulate way. I suspect not everyone here is a Maddow fan — not really sure I am either, although in this case I found her to be on point.
I've transcribed her remarks at 10:05:
It's good to see the importance of debunking and ramifications of CT misinformation addressed to a popular audience.
Aside: I cannot recommend enough the BBC's "9/11: Conspiracy Road Trip," the documentary shown in which Alice Hoagland appears.
[video]http://www.nbcnews.com/id/26315908/#51653479[/video] (feel free to fix this for a proper video embed)
She draws attention to the nexus of conspiracy theory, far right paranoia, anti-Muslim sentiment, and political polarization in a fairly articulate way. I suspect not everyone here is a Maddow fan — not really sure I am either, although in this case I found her to be on point.
I've transcribed her remarks at 10:05:
Aside: I cannot recommend enough the BBC's "9/11: Conspiracy Road Trip," the documentary shown in which Alice Hoagland appears.