Conservative Party Of Canada (September 26, 2008). "Dion must fire his anti-israel candidate Conservative Party Press Release September 26, 2008". Conservative.ca. Archived from the original on November 3, 2008 . Retrieved July 20, 2009. Such ideas have always had a particular attraction for me. They exist at a curious intersection between fictional and historical interpretations of events, highlighting how much of what we understand as “history” is a partial narrative, a story based on a selective interpretation of facts. In a way, each conspiracy theory – like a story – attempts to simplify the complexity of an event into a stable, unified narrative, with a clearly traceable agency and explicable motive. As a result, the conspiracy theory tends to assert itself with a stronger sense of truth and falsehood, of right and wrong. The writer of fiction does something a little similar, but with no pretence to revealing the truth. The best novelists, it seems to me, use conspiracy theories to show complexity and explore the doubts, confusions and uncertainties that haunt every official account of “what really happened”. Carroll, Vincent (September 26, 2009). "Carroll: Public TV and the Truthers". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011 . Retrieved May 30, 2011. The Yoda of 9/11". Phoenix News. Phoenixnewtimes.com. p.5. Archived from the original on September 16, 2009 . Retrieved July 20, 2009. Getting Egypt's Morsi to give up his 9/11 'truther' talk by Robert Satloff and Eric Trager of the Washington Post September 11, 2012". Washingtonpost.com . Retrieved June 4, 2014.

a b "Panoply of the Absurd". Der Spiegel. September 23, 2001. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011 . Retrieved May 30, 2011. Al-Qaida No. 2 says 9/11 theory propagated by Iran". Archived from the original on September 18, 2009 . Retrieved May 29, 2014. These novels explore conspiracy theories both “real” and fictional, showing how history blends with fiction and speculation can supplement fact. Inverted theories concerning deaths are also known, prominently claims that Elvis Presley's death was faked [59] and that Adolf Hitler survived the Second World War and fled to the Americas, to Antarctica, or to the Moon. [60] Theories that Hitler had survived are known to have been deliberately promoted by the government of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin as part of a disinformation campaign. [61] [62] [63]

In 2008, calls for the resignation of Richard Falk, the special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories for the United Nations, were partially based on his support investigating the validity of 9/11 conspiracy theories. [258] In 2011, Falk praised a book by David Ray Griffin. Falk was condemned for his remarks by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and United States ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice. [259] Blair, Tim (May 5, 2007). "Virgin's 9/11 Farce". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on July 5, 2009 . Retrieved July 20, 2009. Barber, Peter (June 7, 2008). "The truth is out there". Financial Times. Archived from the original on June 3, 2009 . Retrieved May 23, 2009. An army of sceptics, collectively described as the 9/11 Truth movement

Bažant, Z.K.P.; Verdure, M. (2007). "Mechanics of Progressive Collapse: Learning from World Trade Center and Building Demolitions" (PDF). Journal of Engineering Mechanics. American Society of Civil Engineers. 133 (3): 308–319. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2007)133:3(308). As generally accepted by the community of specialists in structural mechanics and structural engineering (though not by a few outsiders claiming a conspiracy with planted explosives), the failure scenario was as follows: [continues with a four-part scenario of progressive structural failure]. Schmitt, Richard (June 23, 2004). "The 9/11 Commission Report; Panel Calls for Single Intelligence Chief". Los Angeles Times.In February 2009, Aymeric Chauprade, a professor of geopolitics at CID military college in Paris, was fired by French Defence Minister Hervé Morin for writing a book entitled Chronicle of the Clash of Civilizations that espoused 9/11 conspiracy theories. [260] Stuart Williams (April 16, 2008). "Iran president casts doubt on 'suspect' 9/11". Mail & Guardian. Archived from the original on October 2, 2009 . Retrieved September 20, 2009.

The nature of the collapse of the two World Trade Center towers and the nearby 7 World Trade Center (in this photo, the brown building to the left of the towers) is a major focus of 9/11 conspiracy theories. A leading Japanese politician espouses a 9/11 fantasy Washington Post March 8, 2010". The Washington Post. March 8, 2010 . Retrieved October 15, 2010. The Top September 11 Conspiracy Theories". Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. September 16, 2006. Archived from the original on February 28, 2011. a b "Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7" (PDF). NIST. August 2008. pp.22–4. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2008 . Retrieved May 29, 2014. MacAskill, Ewen (September 6, 2003). "Meacher sparks fury over claims on September 11 and Iraq war Politics". The Guardian. London . Retrieved July 20, 2009.

8. The Earth is actually flat

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine in July 2014. This event has spawned numerous alternative theories. These variously include allegations that it was secretly Flight MH370, that the plane was actually shot down by the Ukrainian Air Force to frame Russia, that it was part of a conspiracy to conceal the "truth" about HIV (seven disease specialists were on board), or that the Illuminati or Israel was responsible. [17] [20] Business and industry New Coke was manufactured between 1985 and 2002. Deepwater Horizon Propaganda by Edward Bernays is the oldest conspiracy book on the list, originally written in 1928. The book outlines the psychology of manipulating the masses through the technique of public communication. Bernays is viewed by many media historians as the father of public relations. Noam Chomsky stated that: Klepper, David. "From election to COVID, 9/11 conspiracies cast a long shadow" . Retrieved September 8, 2021.