One conspiracy theory is that COVID-19 has been created by those who want to profit, like Bill Gates. The details of conspiracy theories don’t matter to the story as much as the underlying subversion myth – the evil “them” out to get us.
Click above to listen to part 3 of Skeptic Check: Covid Conspiracy, featuring Whitney Phillips, Professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, and author of three books, most recently You Are Here: A Field Guide for Navigating Polluted Information.
Skeptic Check: Covid Conspiracy:
Part 1: Joan Donovan – Pandemic Opportunists
Part 2: Joan Donovan – The 5G Conspiracy
Part 3: Whitney Phillips – The Gates Gambit
Part 4: Whitney Phillips – Conspiracies Abound!
