Read more conspiracy theory stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23200/conspiracy-theory.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:34:33 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72166/paranoid-pseudocons-hijacking-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe paranoid fringe of the American right has become mainstream to an extent unthinkable even when the John Birch Society was at its peak, writes Thomas Frank. Historian Richard Hofstadter's landmark 1965 The Paranoid Style in American Politics seems more relevant than ever, Frank writes in the Wall Street Journal....http://www.newser.com/story/72166/paranoid-pseudocons-hijacking-right.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 21 Oct 2009 4:47:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69117/new-911-probe-looks-headed-for-nyc-ballot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA New York City group has secured enough valid signatures to put a referendum on the November ballot to force a new investigation into the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A press release from the New York City Coalition for Accountability Now says city lawyers conceded today that at...http://www.newser.com/story/69117/new-911-probe-looks-headed-for-nyc-ballot.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 20:43:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69002/sheen-seeks-meeting-with-obama-on-911-cover-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharlie Sheen believes the 9/11 attacks were orchestrated by the Bush administration and he wants to talk to President Obama about it, he tells controversial radio host Alex Jones at Prison Planet. The 9/11 Commission's report is an "absolute fairy tale—a complete work of fiction, and not even a...http://www.newser.com/story/69002/sheen-seeks-meeting-with-obama-on-911-cover-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 2:33:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68752/thank-beck-internet-for-van-jones-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe mainstream media entirely ignored the controversy over now-former Obama adviser Van Jones, who was slyly forced out by Glenn Beck and his online fans, Politico reports. Beck whipped up a fury over Jones—who once signed a 9/11 conspiracy petition—without mentioning that the green jobs czar was also...http://www.newser.com/story/68752/thank-beck-internet-for-van-jones-uproar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 06 Sep 2009 14:37:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68618/obama-official-regrets-signing-911-conspiracy-petition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLately, Van Jones has had a lot of apologizing to do. Obama’s green jobs czar issued a statement yesterday renouncing a statement he signed on 911Truth.org, which demanded an “immediate inquiry into evidence that suggests high-level government officials may have deliberately allowed the September 11th attacks to occur.” Van...http://www.newser.com/story/68618/obama-official-regrets-signing-911-conspiracy-petition.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Sep 2009 7:43:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68371/5-crazy-things-911-conspiracists-must-think.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA third of Americans think 9/11 was an inside job, perpetrated—or at least OKed—by the US government. “That means that one of the Jonas Brothers believes that the US government blew up the World Trade Center towers,” writes Matthew Diffee for the New Yorker . To subscribe to such...http://www.newser.com/story/68371/5-crazy-things-911-conspiracists-must-think.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 02 Sep 2009 10:55:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67887/conspiracy-video-claims-to-show-jacko-still-alive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new "conspiracy" video making the rounds on YouTube purports to show Michael Jackson being escorted from a coroner's van after his death, reports the Telegraph . The poster claims to have received the video from a "trustworthy" source, though there is absolutely nothing on the video that supports the claim...http://www.newser.com/story/67887/conspiracy-video-claims-to-show-jacko-still-alive.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 3:45:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67275/stone-takes-on-secret-history-of-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOliver Stone is nothing if not ambitious. According to the Hollywood Reporter , the director is prepping a 10-part documentary series entitled Secret History of America, which promises to examine important but under-reported events from the past 60 years. Stone, who will provide the narration himself, calls the Showtime project “the...http://www.newser.com/story/67275/stone-takes-on-secret-history-of-america.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 14:30:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66828/birther-queen-has-some-bees-in-her-bonnet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama or one of his operatives has tried to kill birther leader Orly Taitz many times—according to Taitz. The lawyer/dentist/real estate agent gives Gabriel Winant of Salon an earful of accusations, including: Obama may have had his gay lovers killed. Taitz says a few homosexuals from Obama’s church...http://www.newser.com/story/66828/birther-queen-has-some-bees-in-her-bonnet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 11:48:02 CDT