James Ball goes down the QAnon rabbit hole | On The Record

In this episode of On The Record, Al Jazeera’s Samantha Johnson is joined by journalist and author James Ball, who takes a deep dive into the conspiracy group QAnon, and talks about its origins, followers and what they believe. Oh, and why he thinks they’re really dumb.. Ball also discusses why QAnon thrived by exploiting the COVID pandemic, to create distrust in governments.
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  • @muhammadaftab15033
    @muhammadaftab150334 ай бұрын

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸 from the River to the Sea in order to restore peace and stability in the region.

  • @kellieviola
    @kellieviola25 күн бұрын

    If you just listen to the intro, they call it “dangerous” from the start. There’s no room for bias in investigative journalism.

  • @moonlightmechani
    @moonlightmechani4 ай бұрын

    2% of the US population will admit to being a member? That is a "dumb" statistic, and I'd love for you to cite that. Another thing: if you want to be a serious person who is taken seriously, don't name things as dumb and stupid. Those are your opinions, and not actual fact.

  • @plaubelmakina8916
    @plaubelmakina89164 ай бұрын

    This guy is a grifter. What is stupid is this conversation. Bye.

  • @LadieKadie

    @LadieKadie

    4 ай бұрын

    Yea. Sure is stupid.

  • @steve1340

    @steve1340

    4 ай бұрын

    Confirmed QTard

  • @user-yf8ol2xv1m
    @user-yf8ol2xv1m4 ай бұрын

    Freedom for Palestine Freedom for Gaza ❤❤❤

  • @bevs9995

    @bevs9995

    4 ай бұрын

    defund israel?

  • @stephenb7704

    @stephenb7704

    3 ай бұрын

    Freedom from bots with nonsense user names!

  • @bevs9995

    @bevs9995

    3 ай бұрын

    @@stephenb7704 Need a new slogan: How about Defund Israel. That more specific

  • @PeaceShram
    @PeaceShram4 ай бұрын

    A movement empowers you as an individual. As he says, a movement contributes to your life, your family, your community. You identify with the movement and it enhances you. (Paraphrasing him here, but please note this isn’t a plug for ‘individualism.’ A cult takes away your individuality. It robs you of your identity to basically turn you into a bot for the cult. You started out identifying with it, the cult ends up taking away your actual identity. It’s true, there are conspiracies that are real - and theories about those conspiracies that prove to be true. One of the biggest dangers of Q-anon is that not only does it dupe the people susceptible to it, for those that don’t - it helps to reinforce the longstanding public perception fostered by the media that if an idea is called a conspiracy theory, it is automatically not true. Thus, duping ‘reasonable’ people into erring on the side of being less questioning and skeptical of mainstream or conventional narratives.

  • @djallalnamri1
    @djallalnamri14 ай бұрын

    people are bored but don't let boredom make you do things that have nothing to do with boredom,like killing other people for instance .

  • @Ass_of_Amalek
    @Ass_of_Amalek4 ай бұрын

    10/7 was an inside job.

  • @bevs9995
    @bevs99954 ай бұрын

    Ive been looking for YEARS now and still have not found Qanon's forum. Please tell me it isnt chan 🤣🤣🤣

  • @johngillespie3409
    @johngillespie34094 ай бұрын

    It's like the conspiracy theory that people with british accents sound intelligent, myth busted thanks James 🤣

  • @mylighthouse888
    @mylighthouse8884 ай бұрын

    Interesting. Thank you for sharing that. 💙🦋💙🙏🏼

  • @Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
    @Rikki-Tikki-Tavi4 ай бұрын

    Goodnight America. Get the lights on your way out, okay?

  • @farmerfunkk8240
    @farmerfunkk82404 ай бұрын

    Why years later is miss Jamie Ball still so terrified of this ‘stupid online game’?!

  • @fayezakamal3778
    @fayezakamal37784 ай бұрын

    The conspiracy theory pacman 😂😂😂

  • @marie-joseekelly2602
    @marie-joseekelly26024 ай бұрын

    Why ?

  • @KingJT80

    @KingJT80

    4 ай бұрын

    why what?

  • @TEL250r
    @TEL250r4 ай бұрын

    Who is paying this bloke he talking absolute 💩 ulez is the 15 minute city’s charging you to travel out of your area already in place

  • @ziggyinta
    @ziggyinta4 ай бұрын

    thanks

  • @ZzJ17
    @ZzJ174 ай бұрын

    James Ball isn't going down any hole with the 17%. James Ball got left in the hole

  • @D_A-G
    @D_A-G4 ай бұрын

    With all die respect, Trinity is as unintelligible yet millions accept it without any scrutiny.

  • @azarahwagner2749
    @azarahwagner27494 ай бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @bobbobby7536
    @bobbobby75364 ай бұрын

    Yeah, because we all know child trafficking isnt a thing. *cough EPSTEIN cough*

  • @psycleen
    @psycleen22 күн бұрын

    burning bush

  • @sfbuck415
    @sfbuck4154 ай бұрын

    this seems like the kind of joker who would spread conspiracy theories "for the lulz"

  • @talkingtomusa4862
    @talkingtomusa48624 ай бұрын

    🤮

  • @rizanz2108
    @rizanz21084 ай бұрын

    🌟...interesting 😊

  • @roystonboodoo7525
    @roystonboodoo75254 ай бұрын

    Msnbc spews out stuff like this as a norm.

  • @b_ks
    @b_ks4 ай бұрын

    Instead of mounting an argument this guy literally indulges in calling names like a grade schooler on the playground. What a waste of time.

  • @Rajsingh03749
    @Rajsingh037494 ай бұрын

    I am from India

  • @graciasthanks4771
    @graciasthanks47714 ай бұрын

    I quite don’t understand the headline vs. the content. It seems it concentrates on details and not the substance. Not everything said is ridiculous just because you have. Different op

  • @jaanmohammed7898
    @jaanmohammed78984 ай бұрын

    Free Palisthin

  • @Whytat
    @Whytat4 ай бұрын

    Brillisnt ..no such thing as bad advertising 😅

  • @ZzJ17
    @ZzJ174 ай бұрын

    1...2....HERE COMES Q

  • @carlossummers4992

    @carlossummers4992

    4 ай бұрын

    🤭❓

  • @crimsonjet94
    @crimsonjet944 ай бұрын

    kek😆

  • @614KEYSTREET
    @614KEYSTREET4 ай бұрын

    It’s funny how this starts lol discredit people from the jump but the funny thing is it’s all true. Qanon is not fake the news is

  • @jimflask1164
    @jimflask11644 ай бұрын

    People have the right to believe whatever they want to. That is why America is so great. Freedom of beliefs.

  • @steve1340

    @steve1340

    4 ай бұрын

    Thats not the point of the conversation. Please use critical thinking skills as well as your listening skills

  • @KingJT80

    @KingJT80

    4 ай бұрын

    Not the point. when their make believe crazy stuff starts harming others because nothing they believe is based on reality, then its a problem for everyone and everything else. you, me even themselves..

  • @stevieb8766

    @stevieb8766

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@@KingJT80What are you talking about. QAnon has never gotten a single person in trouble. QAnon, whether real or fake, made a lot of people pay attention to our corrupt government and the vermin that run it. QAnon was a great thing if you ask me.

  • @ZzJ17
    @ZzJ174 ай бұрын

    Q17

  • @ZzJ17
    @ZzJ174 ай бұрын

    THE 17% WWG1WGA

  • @LadieKadie

    @LadieKadie

    4 ай бұрын

    You need help. Now.

  • @steve1340

    @steve1340

    4 ай бұрын

    Please take your meds or seek help

  • @ZzJ17

    @ZzJ17

    4 ай бұрын

    @@steve1340 THE 17%

  • @ZzJ17

    @ZzJ17

    4 ай бұрын

    @@LadieKadie Why. What's wrong

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    @sayadsheikhniamtullahshahm60034 ай бұрын

    We love sweet pm great Khan Imran Khan

  • @faithingod5533
    @faithingod55334 ай бұрын

    Whereas AJ is of course a legitimate news source right? hahahahahahaha..

  • @IMAXXHEW
    @IMAXXHEW4 ай бұрын

    N C S W I C

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