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The New York Times Podcast on the legacy Loose Change

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*Legacy of*

Hi everyone,

Just popping in to tell you there is a NYT pod on Loose Change you may find interesting. All the best.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/...piracy-theories-loose-change.html?rref=vanity


For years Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The Times, has been spending a lot of time inside bizarre internet cultures. Corners filled with people who believe that the coronavirus is a hoax or the 2020 election was stolen, or even that Hillary Clinton is a shape-shifting lizard.

“The more time I’ve spent there, the more I’ve realized that what unites these groups is their way of finding and processing information,” Kevin said. “This belief that the way to figure out what’s true isn’t to listen to the experts or the mainstream media, but to figure it out for yourself of the internet.”

It’s a way of thinking that can be traced back to the first real internet blockbuster, a 9/11 conspiracy documentary called “Loose Change.”

Today, we explore the film’s impact and the 9/11 truther movement.
 
I hate how it's brainwashed an entire generation of "free thinkers" at the dawn of the internet age.

Abd now the "free thnkers" are busy tell us how Covid is a hoax and vaccines will kill you. Nice.
 
*Legacy of*

Hi everyone,

Just popping in to tell you there is a NYT pod on Loose Change you may find interesting. All the best.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/10/...piracy-theories-loose-change.html?rref=vanity


For years Kevin Roose, a technology columnist for The Times, has been spending a lot of time inside bizarre internet cultures. Corners filled with people who believe that the coronavirus is a hoax or the 2020 election was stolen, or even that Hillary Clinton is a shape-shifting lizard.

“The more time I’ve spent there, the more I’ve realized that what unites these groups is their way of finding and processing information,” Kevin said. “This belief that the way to figure out what’s true isn’t to listen to the experts or the mainstream media, but to figure it out for yourself of the internet.”

It’s a way of thinking that can be traced back to the first real internet blockbuster, a 9/11 conspiracy documentary called “Loose Change.”

Today, we explore the film’s impact and the 9/11 truther movement.

Thanks, good podcast. :thumbsup:
 
I hate how it's brainwashed an entire generation of "free thinkers" at the dawn of the internet age.

Agree. The consequences of such highly-produced garbage encouraging a new generation of conspiracists to "do their own research" is somewhat tragic.

Good podcast though.
 
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