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Feb 8

Pseudo-Skepticism and Media Failure: How the Concept of “Conspiracy Theories” is Killing Journalism

I’ve recently begun writing for Byline News, a London-based outlet with a partial focus on media failure and information issues. My first piece is now available at the link. A preview: In 2019, just a few years after comparing the idea to Elvis sightings, The Atlantic dedicated an entire issue…

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Pseudo-Skepticism and Media Failure: How the Concept of “Conspiracy Theories” is Killing Journalism
Pseudo-Skepticism and Media Failure: How the Concept of “Conspiracy Theories” is Killing Journalism
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Dec 29, 2022

The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Corruption

Part One: Val Broeksmit In September 2020 — a year and a half before he was found dead of what coroners now deem blunt force trauma to the torso — my former associate Val Broeksmit is dropped off at the federal building in downtown Los Angeles by his fiancé, a French national by the…

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The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Corruption
The Barrett Brown Review of Arts and Letters and Corruption
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Aug 10, 2022

Raw Interview: Frederick Brennan

For later use During your trip with Cottle to DC last year, were you ever concerned that he might be arrested over the series of high-profile hacks he’s claimed responsibility for over last couple years? Why or why not? I’ve never been to Washington DC 2. Can you clarify the…

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Mar 17, 2022

Days before Ukraine invasion, Russian state television approached me for what they claimed to be a media interview. It never aired. Luckily I recorded it.

Video to follow shortly. Russia Today Interview, February 21, 2022 This interview has been edited for clarity purposes. RT: Can we start BB: Absolutely RT: [00:00:59] Cottle has openly admitted hacking activity. Is this illegal? And why hasn’t this been acted upon if that’s the case? BB: So, unlike the…

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Days before Ukraine invasion, Russian state television approached me for what they claimed to be a…
Days before Ukraine invasion, Russian state television approached me for what they claimed to be a…
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Apr 28, 2021

Proving Ground: Outlets that run contradictory stories on the same subject without correcting any of them

We’re launching a new kind of media watchdog outfit. We have more material than we’d like. But we want more. Want to help? Search the archives of any of the below outlets for any of the subjects listed next to them. Find the discrepancies in how the same events have…

Media Criticism

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Proving Ground: Outlets that run contradictory stories on the same subject without correcting any…
Proving Ground: Outlets that run contradictory stories on the same subject without correcting any…
Media Criticism

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Apr 4, 2021

Andy Ngo and the Metropolitan Police are being mean to me again and I’m sad

A short treatise on my involvement in the protest against UK’s censorship-by-violence bill, as well as the odd rumors about me secretly being a cop. I attended the #KillTheBill demo yesterday in central London, where I’ve been living since late last year, and upon arriving was asked by some other…

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Andy Ngo and the Metropolitan Police are being mean to me again and I’m sad
Andy Ngo and the Metropolitan Police are being mean to me again and I’m sad
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Oct 7, 2020

DOJ prosecutor Candina Heath doubles as racist porn star “Queen of Spades”, as revealed by alleged…

DOJ prosecutor Candina Heath doubles as racist porn star “Queen of Spades”, as revealed by alleged victim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TixhRvToQYg&feature=youtu.be

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DOJ prosecutor Candina Heath doubles as racist porn star “Queen of Spades”, as revealed by alleged…
DOJ prosecutor Candina Heath doubles as racist porn star “Queen of Spades”, as revealed by alleged…
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Jul 28, 2020

I’m Going to Rehab So That I’ll Be Ready for the Civil War

I’m Going to Rehab So That I’ll Be Ready for the Civil War https://www.facebook.com/1069374286/posts/10221428601159008/?d=n

Media Activism Blm

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Media Activism Blm

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Jun 4, 2020

Blue Lives Shatter: FBI Phone Numbers and Email Addresses, Part 1

Today, Columbus PD circulated addresses of arrested protesters. While we wait for department info, here’s the skinny on their federal counterparts. Abruzzino, Wendy SUPVY LEGAL INSTRUMENTS EXAMINER 304-625-7190 US Wendy.Abruzzino@ic.fbi.gov Absher, Carol r INTERN Carol.Absher@ic.fbi.gov Abusuneima, Nehad…

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Blue Lives Shatter: FBI Phone Numbers and Email Addresses, Part 1
Blue Lives Shatter: FBI Phone Numbers and Email Addresses, Part 1
Police

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May 27, 2020

Der Spiegel CitesAndy Ngo’s “Race-Scientist” Editor to Libel Me. As the CEO of Antifa, I really must object

Europe’s most widely-circulated news magazine, Der Spiegel, has an article up entitled “The Man Behind the Mask” that I was curious to read since it turns out to be about me. And to judge from the sub-headline, I’ve really let myself go: Journalist Barrett Brown supported the hacker collective Anonymous…

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Der Spiegel CitesAndy Ngo’s “Race-Scientist” Editor to Libel Me.
Der Spiegel CitesAndy Ngo’s “Race-Scientist” Editor to Libel Me.
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