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On August 24, 2018, President Donald Trump hosted Lionel, a leading promoter of the QAnon conspiracy, in the Oval Office for a photo op.[1]

In December 2017, the Russian government-funded network RT News discussed QAnon on their station.[2][3] On January 9, 2018, Fox News commentator Sean Hannity quoted a tweet that had the hashtag QAnon.[4] This seems to be the first mainstream mention of QAnon by an American media personality. Since then, however, several personalities and state actors have indicated an interest in QAnon and their theories. On March 13, 2018, Operation Rescue vice president and pro-life activist Cheryl Sullenger referred to QAnon as a "small group of insiders close to President Donald J. Trump" and called his internet postings the "highest level of intelligence to ever be dropped publicly in our known history".[5][6] Days later, on March 15, 2018, the Kiev-based Rabochaya Gazeta, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Ukraine, published an article calling QAnon a "military intelligence group".[7] A tweet by U.S. actress Roseanne Barr appeared to promote the conspiracy theory, which was then covered more extensibly after March 31, 2018.[8] The theory was subsequently covered by CNN, The Washington Post, and The New York Times.[9][10][11]

The conspiracy theory was initially promoted by Alex Jones and Jerome Corsi,[12] but in May 2018 Right Wing Watch reported that Jones and Corsi had ceased to support QAnon, declaring the source to now be "completely compromised".[13] However, in August 2018, Corsi reversed course and stated that he "will comment on and follow QAnon when QAnon is bringing forth news", adding that "in the last few days, QAnon has been particularly good".[14]

On June 26, 2018, WikiLeaks publicly accused QAnon of "leading anti-establishment Trump voters to embrace regime change and neo-conservatism".[tweet 1] QAnon had previously pushed for regime change in Iran.[15] Two days later, the whistleblower organization shared an analysis by Internet Party president Suzie Dawson, claiming that QAnon's posting campaign is an "intelligence agency-backed psyop" aiming to "round up people that are otherwise dangerous to the Deep State (because they are genuinely opposed to it) usurp time & attention, & trick them into serving its aims".[tweet 2]

On June 28, 2018, a Time magazine article listed the anonymous "Q" among the 25 Most Influential People on the Internet in 2018. Counting more than 130,000 related discussion videos on YouTube, Time cited the wide range of this conspiracy theory and its more prominent followers and spreading news coverage.[16]

On July 4, 2018, the Hillsborough County Republican Party shared on its official Facebook and Twitter accounts a YouTube video on QAnon, calling QAnon a "mysterious anonymous inside leaker of deep state activities and counter activities by President Trump". The posts were then deleted.[17][18]

On August 1, 2018, following the en masse presence of QAnon supporters at the July 31 Trump rally in Tampa, Florida,[19][20] MSNBC news anchors Hallie Jackson, Brian Williams, and Chris Hayes dedicated a portion of their respective television programs to the conspiracy theory.[21][22][23] PBS NewsHour also ran a segment dedicated to the conspiracy theory the following day.[24]

On August 4, 2018, former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was asked to comment on the conspiracy theory in his "ask me anything" session on the /r/The_Donald subreddit. In response to the question "is Q legit?", Spicer answered "no".[25]

  1. ^ Wise, Justin (August 24, 2018). "Trump meets with promoter of 'QAnon' conspiracy theory in Oval Office". Retrieved August 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Gander, Kashmira (January 15, 2018). "What is The Storm? Conspiracy theory that mysterious White House official leaks secrets". International Business Times.
  3. ^ Tom Gunz (2017-12-28), QAnon Makes The News!!!!, retrieved 2018-09-26
  4. ^ https://www.facebook.com/aohlheiser. "How QAnon, the conspiracy theory spawned by a Trump quip, got so big and scary". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-09-26. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help); External link in |last= (help)
  5. ^ Blue, Miranda (March 15, 2018). "Operation Rescue Hypes QAnon 'Blockbuster Intel Drop' About Planned Parenthood". Right Wing Watch. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  6. ^ Sullenger, Cheryl (March 13, 2018). "Blockbuster Intel Drop Reveals Trump is Trying to "End" Planned Parenthood – Twitter Attempts Censorship". Operation Rescue. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  7. ^ Gamma, Viktor (May 25, 2018). "Доживают ли Гавайи свои последние дни?" [Are we witnessing the final days of Hawaii?]. Rabochaya Gazeta (in Russian). Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  8. ^ Cole, Devan (December 19, 2017). "Roseanne tweets support of Trump conspiracy theory, confuses Twitter". CNN. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  9. ^ Weigel, David (March 31, 2018). "Analysis | The conspiracy theory behind a curious Roseanne Barr tweet, explained". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
  10. ^ Bowden, Tohn (March 31, 2018). "Roseanne Barr faces backlash over Trump conspiracy theory tweet". The Hill. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  11. ^ Goldberg, Michelle (April 6, 2018). "Opinion | The Conspiracy Theory That Says Trump Is a Genius". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
  12. ^ Hayden, Michael Edison (February 1, 2018). "How 'the Storm' Became the Biggest Fake News Story of 2018". Newsweek. ISSN 0028-9604. Retrieved April 5, 2018.
  13. ^ Mantyla, Kyle (May 11, 2018). "Stick A Fork In QAnon: Alex Jones And Jerome Corsi Claim That QAnon Has Been 'Completely Compromised'". Right Wing Watch. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  14. ^ Holt, Jared (August 17, 2018). "Jerome Corsi Wants To Make Amends With QAnon". Right Wing Watch. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  15. ^ Webb, Whitney (June 25, 2018). "Pro-Trump Conspiracy-Monger "QAnon" Calls for Regime Change in Iran". MintPress News. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  16. ^ Chan, Melissa (June 28, 2018). "25 Most Influential People on the Internet". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  17. ^ March, William (July 16, 2018). "Conspiracy theorist QAnon promoted, then deleted, by Hillsborough County GOP". Tampa Bay Times. ISSN 2327-9052. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
  18. ^ Thomsen, Jacqueline (July 18, 2018). "Florida county GOP promoted, then deleted, conspiracy theory on Twitter". The Hill. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
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  20. ^ Porter, Tom (August 1, 2018). "QAnon: Conspiracy theorists determined to expose a "deep state" child abuse ring show up to support Trump in Tampa". Newsweek. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  21. ^ Jackson, Hallie (August 1, 2018). "Who is 'QAnon'? Bizarre conspiracy cult leaps from web to Trump rally". MSNBC Live. MSNBC. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  22. ^ Williams, Brian (August 2, 2018). "What does the conspiracy group QAnon have to do with Trump?". The 11th Hour with Brian Williams. MSNBC. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  23. ^ Hayes, Chris (August 1, 2018). "What is QAnon?". All In with Chris Hayes. MSNBC. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  24. ^ Woodruff, Judy (August 2, 2018). "How the false, fringe 'QAnon' conspiracy theory aims to protect Trump". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  25. ^ Francis, Nathan (August 4, 2018). "Sean Spicer Just Sparked A Civil War Among Reddit's Trump-Loving Corners By Saying That QAnon Is Fake". The Inquisitr. Retrieved August 4, 2018.


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