Draft:Plandemic
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Plandemic is a viral[note 1] schlockumentary and 2020's earliest pretender to the Vaxxed throne.[1][2][3]
Contents
Initial infection[edit]
Clocking in at 26 minutes, it purports to be a preview (!) of a longer (!!!) version to be released later. The piece starts out in a somewhat self-conscious stylistic imitation of the PBS investigative journalism series Frontline, spending a fair amount of time creating a cherry-picked when not fictitious background of its main subject: Judy Mikovits. Once that is complete, it descends into a Gish Gallop for the ages.[4]
Immune response[edit]
As a reaction to the later part, some journalists tailored their stories to training readers how to evaluate information rather than debunking the piece directly.[5]
Perhaps more interesting than the documentary itself was its immediate and unusually forceful rebuttals from a wide range of the opinion spectrum. If history remembers it, it may be as a tipping point in the media's response to new conspiracy theories. Among the debunkers were the State of New Jersey,[6] Snopes,[7] fashion magazine GQ,[8] Forbes,[9] TechCrunch,[10] and many, many others. Conspicuously absent from either side were far-right sources such as Fox News and One America News Network, who clearly saw the blowback coming. Well. Except for Michelle Malkin. [11]
Long term prognosis[edit]
In a classic display of the effectiveness of an aggressive approach to fighting viral spread, online interest per Google Trends peaked on 7 May 2020 but collapsed to almost nothing five days later.[12]
External links[edit]
- The video itself on BitChute (tread carefully in BitChute)
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Seen 'Plandemic'? We Take A Close Look At The Viral Conspiracy Video's Claims by Scott Neuman (Friday 8 May 2020) NPR
- ↑ Who is Judy Mikovits in ‘Plandemic,’ the coronavirus conspiracy video just banned from social media? by Katie Shepherd (Friday 8 May 2020) Washington Post
- ↑ Beth Skwarecki, If You Found That ‘Plandemic’ Video Convincing, Read This Too. vitals.lifehacker.com, 8 May 2020.
- ↑ Plandemic: Judy Mikovits and the mother of all COVID-19 conspiracy theories (some final thoughts) by David Gorski (Monday 11 May 2020) Science Based Medicine
- ↑ I’m an Investigative Journalist. These Are the Questions I Asked About the Viral “Plandemic” Video. by Marshall Allen (Friday 8 May 2020) ProPublica
- ↑ New Jersey Facebook account (Friday 8 May 2020) New Jersey Facebook Account
- ↑ Snopes Debunks Plandemic (Monday 11 May 2020) Snopes.com
- ↑ What Is “Plandemic,” the Latest Anti-Vaxxer Conspiracy Theory? by Luke Darby (Monday 11 May 2020) GQ
- ↑ Why It’s Important To Push Back On ‘Plandemic’—And How To Do It by Tara Haelle (Friday 8 May 2020) Forbes
- ↑ Platforms scramble as ‘Plandemic’ conspiracy video spreads misinformation like wildfire by Taylor Hatmaker (Monday 11 May 2020) TechCrunch
- ↑ Dr Judy Mikovits / Michelle Malkin: SILICON VALLEY CENSORSHIP AND PLAGUE OF “PLANDEMIC” CORRUPTION by Randolph Jason (Wednesday 13 May 2020) Gospel News Network
- ↑ "plandemic" searches, Google Trends