In recent weeks many observers of the online information ecosystem have written, with growing concern, about the mainstreaming of QAnon. Reporters like Kevin Roose of The New York Times and Ben Collins of NBC have said that the conspiracy theory is in much wider circulation than polite society wants to admit. He explained that "QAnon began as a single conspiracy theory. To look at QAnon is to see not just a conspiracy theory but the birth of a new religion." ( Washington Post-- Rich Lowry says the spread of the Q theory "shows that the Trump-era GOP has weakened antibodies against kookery."

Source: CNN August 14, 2020 17:37 UTC