Conspiracy bloggers explicitly cite postmodern relativism to justify distrusting mainstream news.

Evidence

Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that Walter Cronkite lied about everything. Before Twitter, how would you have known? Look, I read postmodernist theory in college. If everything is a narrative, then we need alternatives to the dominant narrative. I don’t look like a guy who reads Lacan, do I? — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 304

Categorization

• XREF: Direct empirical instance supporting the book’s core thesis that postmodernism seeded post-truth — the Cernovich quote is the chapter’s pivotal evidence. — connects to: Conspiracy promoters adopt postmodern relativism to license fabricating news. — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 305; Conspiracists falsely portray themselves as skeptical critical thinkers — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New…, 265; Ironically distanced postmodern attitude is sold as protection from fanaticism and terror — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism: Is There No…, 16 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Conspiracy promoters adopt postmodern relativism to license fabricating news. #corroborates (0.92) — Lee McIntyre, Post-Truth, 305
• Ironically distanced postmodern attitude is sold as protection from fanaticism and terror #expands (0.78) — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 16
• Conspiracists falsely portray themselves as skeptical critical thinkers #corroborates (0.75) — Russell Muirhead and Nancy L. Rosenblum, A Lot of People Are Saying, 265
• Postmodernism’s false affirmation converts repressed despair into media violence. #expands (0.72) — Theodor W. Adorno, The Culture Industry, 65