The Anatomy of Dodgy News

I recently came across a website called “Daily Telegraph New Zealand”. There were immediate red flags waving, because this website pushes all the usual conspiracy theories, combined with pro-Russian propaganda and a regular dose homophobia—one article was about how visualising gay people in mainstream culture will make boys feminine and unable to become manly soldiers (well, someone needs to read up on Alexander the Great).

I also recognised a few names of well-known lunatics, such as Russia Today’s Timur Fomenko—a man who’s created his own parallel universe where Russia is the most splendid nation ever.

Anyhow, I found this article about the website, written and researched by David Farrier. It describes how dodgy news works.