Why conspiracy theories are despised by the media?

[ComradeDavo]

I heard it was funded by the NHS!

No seriously though they did claim land there and the Americans had this whole thing named 'Operation:Highjump' down there after the war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Swabia

 

[Truronian]

And that 11 Nazis lived there?

They paid their own way...

No seriously though they did claim land there and the Americans had this whole thing named 'Operation:Highjump' down there after the war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Swabia

If Hitler lived out his life as a painter in Antartica... what did he paint?

 

[ComradeDavo]

They paid their own way...


If Hitler lived out his life as a painter in Antartica... what did he paint?

I don't believe the Hitler going there bit. I just find the idea intriguing that the Nazi's did have some sort of base there.

 

[Xanikk999]

I've seen quite a few programmes on TV that are basically pumping out the 'consiracy theory'. There was one on C4 not long ago which dedicated a whole hour to the "No Plane Hit The Pentagon" Theory.

No plane hit the pentagon?

Tell it to the millions of people around DC (Millions of people do live in the DC metropolitcan area FYI and most went to observe the damage) who saw it happen and saw the damage afterwards, INCLUDING ME! Oh boy, some people are nutty as a fruitcake.

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

No plane hit the pentagon?

Tell it to the millions of people around DC who saw it happen and saw the damage afterwards, INCLUDING ME! Oh boy, some people are nutty as a fruitcake.

Yep, nutty as it is

You wanna see the source of many looney conspiracy theories, look no further

 

[Xanikk999]

Yep, nutty as it is

You wanna see the source of many looney conspiracy theories, look no further

So does this author actually beileve the government somehow kept quiet millions of people or something?

We havent perfected mind control yet!

 

[PrinceOfLeigh]

So does this author actually beileve the government somehow kept quiet millions of people or something?

I don't know, I've never bothered to take a remote interest in anything he has to say.

 

[CartesianFart]

There're quite a lot of conspiracy theories running parallelly with mainstream understanding. Such as 9/11's Loose Charge, the UFO, the captured alien, fake moon-landing, Hitler in Argentina and a lot more conspiracy stories, are highly discredited by major media and the masses. Why?

Because it question the validity of their fabrication of reality in news reporting.

 

[Masquerouge]

And that 11 Nazis lived there?

Darn. You beat me to the "11" reference.

 

[Bamspeedy]

Yep, nutty as it is

You wanna see the source of many looney conspiracy theories, look no further

And I want to hear from the conspiracy theorists why they don't have a problem with the GOVERNMENT PAYING for this nonsense!

This is the educational foundation that allows American taxpayers to donate to David Icke's work and have it deducted from their tax bill.

 

[Truronian]

Darn. You beat me to the "11" reference.

I totally missed that. I feel ashamed.

 

[Elrohir]

There're quite a lot of conspiracy theories running parallelly with mainstream understanding. Such as 9/11's Loose Charge, the UFO, the captured alien, fake moon-landing, Hitler in Argentina and a lot more conspiracy stories, are highly discredited by major media and the masses. Why?

Because they're stupid?

 

[Fugitive Sisyphus]

Maybe the government is intentionally spamming unlikely conspiracy theories so that when a real conspiracy theory is leaked we won't believe it.

 

[Elrohir]

Maybe the government is intentionally spamming unlikely conspiracy theories so that when a real conspiracy theory is leaked we won't believe it.

Maybe that thought was planted in your mind by the governments mind control ray, as a double fakeout!! Where does their manipulation of free human society end?

 

[Paradigne]

We havent perfected mind control yet!

How would we know if we had???

 

[Ayatollah So]

Because get this- Most conspiracy theroies are garbage. Very bad garbage as well.

Whenever a theory is proved true, such as COINTELPRO or Gladio, it ceases to become a conspiracy theory in the eyes of the media.

Bingo and Bingo. Remember, kiddies, there are 2 parts to Bayes's Theorem. The base rates are important, but so is the particular evidence on the particular case.