How to Report Lies? A Look at a QAnon Conspiracy Coverage

People often find conspiracy theories entertaining and exciting due to their attention-grabbing nature. Brian Bethune’s article titled “Welcome to Crazy Town: The QAnon Movement Explained” is an example of a coverage that ridicules conspiracy theory believers. The article is found in Maclean’s, a Canadian magazine that reports on politics and current events. QAnon, a far-right American movement centered on fabricated claims by an individual known as “Q”, includes beliefs such as that John F. Kennedy Jr., who died in 1999, is still alive (Bethune). Although America is a society that firmly…