BuzzFeed News: “The editors at BuzzFeed News have become uneasy about using conspiracy theory to describe QAnon, which has grown to encompass a whole alternative world of beliefs and signals. The copydesk has to stay on top of language and note when terms become stale and reductive; QAnon has shifted, and so should how we write about it.”
“QAnon is a collective delusion, and that’s what BuzzFeed News will be calling it from now on.”
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