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Top conspiracy theories sparked by MH17 disaster
Date July 20, 2014 - 1:21PM
International pressure mounts amid urgent calls for full access to the MH17 crash site, located in an area controlled by pro-Russian forces.
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Conspiracy theories have always followed in the shadows of major tragedies, but the web seems to make all that detective work so much easier.
You have forums like Reddit’s /r/conspiracy. Unabashedly unhinged “news” sites, like Infowars and Before Its News. And Friday morning, less than 24 hours after MH17 went down in Eastern Ukraine, all of them were frothing with alternative explanations for the crash.
Needless to say, these explanations rarely make any sense; conspiracy theories, particularly the viral Internet variety, are generally a cobbled patchwork of paranoia, wild speculation and overconfident amateur “sleuthing.” (Think the photos that circled Reddit after the Boston Marathon bombings, with their colour-coded circles and cherry-picked “smoking guns.”) That said, it would be foolish to dismiss these theories out of hand, if only because so many people believe them. Research has indicated not only that conspiracy theories are a response to powerlessness, but that perfectly logical and otherwise normal people frequently buy in — as many as half of American adults, according to a recent study from the University of Chicago.
Conspiracy theorists have a field day.
Conspiracy theorists have a field day.
That doesn’t make the MH17 theories any more realistic, or, in some case, any less offensive. But it does make them worth considering. After all, these are more than wacky fringe drivel — they are, in some ways, an expression of grief. (Worse, they’re things you might find yourself arguing with family members six months from now.)
1. A world power shot the plane down to start World War III.
2. A major world power shot the plane down to distract from Gaza/the border crisis/the “World Currency Reset”/the next Snowden release/fill-in-the-blank.
3. A major world power shot the plane down to cover up the man-made origins of HIV/AIDS.
4. Ukraine shot the plane down to kill Vladimir Putin.
5. The plane was not shot down at all.
6. In fact, the plane never even took off!
7. MH17 is actually MH 370.
8. The Illuminati did it.
Top conspiracy theories sparked by MH17 disaster
Date July 20, 2014 - 1:21PM
International pressure mounts amid urgent calls for full access to the MH17 crash site, located in an area controlled by pro-Russian forces.
Video feedback
Video settings
Conspiracy theories have always followed in the shadows of major tragedies, but the web seems to make all that detective work so much easier.
You have forums like Reddit’s /r/conspiracy. Unabashedly unhinged “news” sites, like Infowars and Before Its News. And Friday morning, less than 24 hours after MH17 went down in Eastern Ukraine, all of them were frothing with alternative explanations for the crash.
Needless to say, these explanations rarely make any sense; conspiracy theories, particularly the viral Internet variety, are generally a cobbled patchwork of paranoia, wild speculation and overconfident amateur “sleuthing.” (Think the photos that circled Reddit after the Boston Marathon bombings, with their colour-coded circles and cherry-picked “smoking guns.”) That said, it would be foolish to dismiss these theories out of hand, if only because so many people believe them. Research has indicated not only that conspiracy theories are a response to powerlessness, but that perfectly logical and otherwise normal people frequently buy in — as many as half of American adults, according to a recent study from the University of Chicago.
Conspiracy theorists have a field day.
Conspiracy theorists have a field day.
That doesn’t make the MH17 theories any more realistic, or, in some case, any less offensive. But it does make them worth considering. After all, these are more than wacky fringe drivel — they are, in some ways, an expression of grief. (Worse, they’re things you might find yourself arguing with family members six months from now.)
1. A world power shot the plane down to start World War III.
2. A major world power shot the plane down to distract from Gaza/the border crisis/the “World Currency Reset”/the next Snowden release/fill-in-the-blank.
3. A major world power shot the plane down to cover up the man-made origins of HIV/AIDS.
4. Ukraine shot the plane down to kill Vladimir Putin.
5. The plane was not shot down at all.
6. In fact, the plane never even took off!
7. MH17 is actually MH 370.
8. The Illuminati did it.
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