Conspiracy Theories Archives

Are Container Ship Backups and Supply Chain Disruptions a Communist Plot? Rumors abound that October 2021 supply chain interruptions across the U.S. were deliberate.

False

No, Kathy Hochul Is Not Nancy Pelosi’s Stepsister As the New York lieutenant governor's name circulated on social media, so did misinformation.

False

No, Democrats and Biden Do Not ‘Suck the Blood of Children’ Biden's references to a well known and widely reported far-right conspiracy theory were grossly misrepresented...

False

Did Cirsten Weldon Say Hillary Clinton Died of Disease Associated with Cannibalism? Kuru is an incurable disease that is usually fatal within a year of developing symptoms.

Correct Attribution

Did Lin Wood Find Trump at White House and Biden Missing? A series of bizarre images posted to Telegram in April 2021 by the QAnon-supporting attorney...

False

Hillary Clinton was not convicted on multiple charges in a military tribunal.

No, Hillary Clinton Wasn’t Convicted for Murder By Military Tribunal Clinton is the frequent target of online hoaxes and conspiracy theories.

False

Aerial view of Evergreen Ever Given ship stuck in Suez Canal

Did US Navy SEALs Rescue Trafficked Children from Ever Given Ship? A website with a history of publishing dubious content advanced a conspiracy theory about the...

False

Conspiracy Theorists Try to Connect Ever Given Ship, Hillary Clinton, and Child Trafficking Not all dots connect.

False

Will Trump Reclaim the Presidency on March 4? A QAnon conspiracy theory finds new life, along with its share of detractors.

False

Is This Biden on a Movie Set Resembling the Oval Office? Denying reality won't stop it from happening.

Miscaptioned

Did Trump’s DC Hotel Hike Prices on Date of His Fictional ‘2nd Inauguration’? Some adherents to the QAnon conspiracy theories believe Trump will begin a second term on...

Mostly True

Does Biden’s “Fake Air Force One” Prove He Is Not Really President? Any plane carrying the President is designated "Air Force One."

False