Barkun quoted in Foreign Policy article on QAnon movement

July 15, 2020

Foreign Policy

Michael Barkun

Political Science Department

Government

Media & Journalism

United States

Foreign Policy

Michael Barkun

"If there is any lesson to be taken from this bizarre episode, it is that, in the age of Trump, no claim seems too preposterous to find an audience and that, in the age of the internet and social media, these beliefs and those willing to accept them are only too easy to bring together," says Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science. He was cited in the Foreign Policy article "QAnon’s Madness Is Turning Canadians Into Potential Assassins." 07/15/20