2016 Conspiracy Theories That People Really Fell For!

US Funding ISIS

Alex Jones’ site InfoWars is currently circulating the conspiracy theory that the United States is actually funding the terrorist group ISIS. And further, they say that ISIS was actually trained by the United States. Interestingly this exact same rumor existed about Osama Bin Laden, who conspiracy theorists also believed to be a CIA operative.

Perhaps it’s just another recycled theory or maybe these theorists are running out of material. Did you know that some people also claim that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is a disinformation agent controlled by either the CIA or the FBI to spread fake information to the people to distract them from what’s really going on? Wow, a conspiracy about a conspiracy theorist! What’s next?

Hillary Caused ISIS

During Donald Trump’s interview on60 Minutes, he claimed that Hillary Clinton created ISIS. More specifically he said, “Hillary Clinton invented ISIS with her stupid policies. She is responsible for ISIS.” While Donald seemingly had fun spreading this theory around, the origins are false. The terror group actually pre-dates Obama and her role as Secretary of State.

While the group has been known by several different names over the years, they have been using ISIS for some time. The group is thought to have originated in the late 1990s. Spreading these conspiracy theories does nothing to help with the fact that these terror groups are doing just that, terrorizing people around the world. Let’s hope at some point the blame will end, and the group can actually be stopped.