28 min

A Movement to Fight Misinformation... With Misinformation The Daily

    • Daily News

Birds Aren’t Real, a conspiracy theory with an apparently absurd premise, has become surprisingly popular in the past few years.

But its followers were in on the joke: The movement’s aim was to poke fun at misinformation … by creating misinformation.

Has it been successful?

Guest: Taylor Lorenz, a former technology reporter for The New York Times.

  • © 2020-2021 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY; The New York Times encourages the use of RSS feeds for personal use in a news reader or as part of a non-commercial blog, subject to your agreement to our Terms of Service.

Birds Aren’t Real, a conspiracy theory with an apparently absurd premise, has become surprisingly popular in the past few years.

But its followers were in on the joke: The movement’s aim was to poke fun at misinformation … by creating misinformation.

Has it been successful?

Guest: Taylor Lorenz, a former technology reporter for The New York Times.

28 min

  • © 2020-2021 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY; The New York Times encourages the use of RSS feeds for personal use in a news reader or as part of a non-commercial blog, subject to your agreement to our Terms of Service.

More by The New York Times

The Daily
The Daily
The New York Times
The Ezra Klein Show
The Ezra Klein Show
New York Times Opinion
Modern Love
Modern Love
The New York Times
Hard Fork
Hard Fork
The New York Times
Rabbit Hole
Rabbit Hole
The New York Times
The Book Review
The Book Review
The New York Times