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> How did you determine the posts are conspiracy theories ? Is that your personal opinion?

Well, on the front page at this moment:

"Mile Markers of Tyranny: Losing Our Freedoms On The Road From 9/11 To COVID-19": editorial about how lockdowns, mask mandates and "veiled threats of forced vaccinations" have "merely provided the architects of the American police state with an opportunity to flex their muscles". Cross-posted from the Rutherford Institute, an ultra-conservative Christian group, complete with a Ben Garrison cartoon.

"America's Caste System & 'Deviating From the Norm'": editorial which is "just asking questions" about whether the "culturally elite" are encouraging "weirdos, diversity, and individuality" to "weaken and divide the power of the masses."

"Is the Pandemic Over?": making the case that, uh, the pandemic is over, because "the latest reported weekly death count (August 29) was 370." This article links to an interactive graph at the CDC web site so you can check for yourself. I did, and a cursory glance shows that the article's entire premise is based on using data clearly marked as "incomplete"; the last complete week, August 8th, shows a death count of 6873. The week of August 29th is still marked as incomplete, but the count is now 1594. The answer to the question in the headline is, for the record, "No."

"We're Headed Toward Stagnation Unless The Fed Reins In Its Money Printing": an article arguing that our current recession actually started in 2011 because of "a downtrend in the monetary growth" and warning against another bailout because it will "redistribute further the already diluted real savings of the wealth generators" and how the real solution is, of course, "cutting to the bone government spending." Cross-posted from the Mises Institute, which is known for heterodox economic views, if you're being charitable, or being a bunch of cranky goldbugs, if you are not.

I mean, look. I'm not going to say ZeroHedge never gets breaking news right. But as someone who spent a while digging through the strange rabbit hole of Ron Paul/Lew Rockwell paleoconservative libertarianism, the similarities are really, really hard to miss -- and that mindset is definitely conspiratorial.

No. It is based on the fact that they objective cherry pick facts and data, over and over again, to support conspiratorial narratives.

I wasn't babysitting my comments so I didn't see your reply. But as another commenter noted, the issue is in the comment threads primarily. While the articles aren't overtly anti-Semitic you can quickly deduce the dog whistles based on the comments which are full of extreme bigotry. I used to read ZH every day and they eventually morphed into a clubhouse for the ignorant and as noted above, actively provoked those responses with coded language. I submitted numerous complaints to the site and never saw a comment taken down or any behavior change from the top so I turned my back on the site and haven't looked back.