“For example, an adherent of QAnon, a group of conspiracy theorists, was among the first to spread the canard that Bill Gates, the billionaire founder of Microsoft, was behind the creation and spreading of the virus as a means to grab control over the global health system. People opposing mandatory vaccinations quickly picked up on that theme, and Mr. Gates has become a new boogeyman of the far right.”
Ah. QAnon no less. :-)
naturally, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs is not the sole writer. at bottom, Shawn Hubler and Neil MacFarquhar contributed reporting.
FakeNewsMSM is determined to frame the protesters as anti-vaxxer, gun-toting, Tea Party, conspiracy theorist types.
meanwhile, NYT has spent years promoting one conspiracy theory after another - Russia hoax, Ukraine hoax, Impeachment hoax, Covid biggest pandemic since 1918 hoax.
bunch of wa**ers.