called for calm in libya. a three day meeting of religious and tribal leaders in afghanistan has ended with a call on the international community to recognise the taliban government and lift all sanctions on the country. the male only meeting also declared that any armed resistance against the militants would be considered a rebellion. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, and welcome. this week, we re talking about the return of q. and if that doesn t mean anything to you, don t worry. you ll be hearing a lot more in this programme about one of the world s most notorious conspiracy theories. we re also looking at why bristol s mayor is facing a boycott of his press briefings and what it says about the often fractious relationship between councils and journalists. among our guests on that topic are martin booth, editor of bristol 24 7, and charlotte green, who s a local democracy reporter with the manchester evening news. martin, welcome to the media show. what s your big s
are gathering on the streets on london for pride as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, and welcome. this week, we re talking about the return of q. and if that doesn t mean anything to you, don t worry. you ll be hearing a lot more in this programme about one of the world s most notorious conspiracy theories. we re also looking at white bristol s mayor is facing a boycott of his press briefings and what it says about the often fractious relationship between councils and journalists. among our guests on that topic are martin booth, editor of bristol 24 7, and charlotte green, who s a local democracy reporter with the manchester evening news. martin, welcome to the media show. what s your big story in bristol today? so, today i ve been visiting bristol s newly repainted rainbow crossing, just painted in time for our city s pride celebrations. so we ve got a brand new rainbow crossing on wine street. sounds fantast
original short code. and just an administrator of the site can do this sort of intervention. so, basically, this is real evidence that behind q is the website manager. people will be listening, could be listening and thinking why are we even talking about such a bizarre conspiracy theory? a conspiracy that had as one of its original narratives that qanon spread, that there was an alleged satanic paedophile ring run by hillary clinton but is obviously morphed into much more than that. how is it influencing political debate in the us? basically, what happened after the election was that this qanon conspiracy theory which already had, it s hard to say how many believers it had because it is a kind of spectrum, from people who literally believe that hillary clinton drinks baby s blood, to people who think
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to help save the children. they take one click and then they learn some things and they click another and they do some searches and all of a sudden, they ve spent hours and they have gone down this rabbit hole to a place where they ve now been exposed to some darker theories that are not as simple as the meme they may have initially found. experts say the save the children hashtag proved to be a powerful recruitment tool for qanon. save the children rallies have been seen all over the country. the fact that you guys are attacking us and making us look like we re crazy, when we re just trying to save some [ muted ] children pisses me off. qanon spread was also made possible because of the cryptic nature of the so-called q drops. they re vague, seemingly presented as puzzles that loyal followers could solve or decode. once a new q post appears, there are these apps, these q drops apps that people use to get alerted every time.