2022 Conspiracy Review

Disinformation, Government Secrecy and Free Speech

There was a time when it was easy to spot fake news. Those days, however, are long gone. Who needs the grocery store tabloids when every conceivable conspiracy theory on any given topic will be sent by algorithm to your phone?

Conspiracy theories continued to dominate the news in 2022, some with horrific consequences as armed vigilantes tried to rescue the world from one sinister cabal or another. Government and industry experimented with ways to regulate or suppress the free flow of information. Truthsmack is committed to the practice of neutral, source-based journalistic methods. We published 18 articles on everything from the Capitol Riot and election fraud to COVID origins and new disclosures about the assassination of President Kennedy.

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Here are the Top 10 conspiracy stories from 2022 – and some things to look for in 2023. Happy New Year!