Drawing a line from alternative theories to untruths

New York

FOR years, false claims have bubbled from an especially noxious Internet crockpot.

The walks on the moon were faked by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa). The Sept 11 attacks and the bombing of an Oklahoma City government building were inside jobs carried out by the US government. The slaughter of children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut did not actually happen but was staged by gun-control advocates, using child actors.