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My latest deep dive for the @McGillOSS, this one on JP Sears.
The orange-haired comedian who once mocked health fanatics is now using his sarcasm to spread misinformation. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-pseudoscience/clown-prince-wellness
The orange-haired comedian who once mocked health fanatics is now using his sarcasm to spread misinformation. https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-pseudoscience/clown-prince-wellness
The illustration of JP for the banner image was done by the amazing @Luc_Animator. Check out the cool science cartoons he does for The Body of Evidence: https://bodyofevidence.ca/blog
Let’s talk about ads and recommendations. I watched JP’s videos in a private window, with YT Premium turned off. I saw video ads for “a secret pooping trick to stay thin” and loads for the Epoch Times, a far-right newspaper.
The YT algorithm started recommending me videos by Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, and that GQ interview with Jordan Peterson. Quite telling.
Others have critically covered JP in the past, I am indebted to their hard work. I suggest the episode of “Decoding the Gurus” ( @GurusPod) w/ @ArthurCDent & @C_Kavanagh on JP: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/episode/jp-sears-get-ultra-spiritual-resist-the-government-and-promote-coronavirus-conspiracies
A really good, succinct Medium post by @C_Kavanagh on The Problem with JP Sears, which investigates his academic/professional background: https://medium.com/@CKava/the-problem-with-jp-sears-2c5d1b8664fd
A very eye-opening article by Julian Walker ( @EmbodiedSacred) on the confluence of New Age spiritualists and conspiracy theorists: https://julianwalker111.medium.com/the-red-pill-overlap-19ad346c62f0
Finally, the Conspirituality podcast hosted by @DerekBeres, @MatthewRemski and @EmbodiedSacred: https://conspirituality.net/
Check out the top tweet in this thread for my article on the Clown Prince of Wellness, JP Sears. Cc: @CaulfieldTim @McGillOSS @RyArmst @IwriteOK @TheSkepticMag @_MAArgentino @Jeff_Yates @FakeMedecine @AgainstCures @ClaireAccendit @PixieNutrition
