From disinformation to conspiracy theory. A troubling genesis

LAAS LEIVAT

Modern conspiracy theories often take hold by proceeding along a recognized path. First a hint or a cautious suggestion. This is coupled with a warning that reasonable doubt hasn’t been eliminated. Then experts state that the initial suggestion could very well be true and give the conspiracy a probable basis for its veracity.

Just recently the Russian TV network, Channel One, through its ‘Vremya’ prime evening news broadcast, the authoritative source of news for the country, stated that secretive Western elites and the US are in some way to blame for the coronavirus epidemic originating in China.

In fact Channel One airs a segment on this regular evening news broadcast dedicated specifically to coronavirus conspiracy theories. The reports are vague and they state that the US-virus connection cannot be confirmed, but they still leave the impression that there might be some iota of truth to it. Therefore they cannot holusbolus be dismissed.

The story explains that the word ‘corona’, Russian for crown, is somehow related to the crowns that winners wore at beauty pageants promoted by Trump in Moscow years ago. Trump presented the crowns to the winning queen.

The reports say that such a connection, Trump-crown-virus, could be plain ludicrous, but shouldn’t be rejected out of hand. You see, the report explains, the virus has been artificially produced, U.S. Intelligence agencies are behind it, pharmaceutical companies will profit from producing a vaccine and a biological weapons testing facility once existed in the state of Georgia – all false claims. But an ‘expert’ vows that this ‘ethnic bioweapon’ is an American invention.

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