Managing two simultaneous conspiracy theories torments any algorithm. One of them has a quick resolution. The photo of Kate Middleton with her children taken by Prince William was retouched. International agencies remove her from their databases and the “missing” Kate becomes an Instagram story and a tweet to launch a laconic mea culpa. Things from amateur photographers. “I occasionally experiment with editing.” “C.” apologizes for “any confusion the family photograph has caused.” Six million views in two hours.
According to @chrisshipitv –ITV expert on British royals–, the photo fueled the unknowns about the state of health of the Princess of Wales. “Now we have a new round of conspiracy theories and, perhaps worse, widespread mockery of the palace and a serious problem of trust in the information it provides.” @erregina identifies up to 17 “oddities” in the photo and a troll with @Emmm_mmm as a nickname gets more than 4,000 likes with her theories: “Kate left William because of something he did. “She does not cooperate with the palace, she refuses to work and that is why William has resorted to retouching her image in photographs.” Fighting hoaxes online is an impossible task. So the challenge is to minimize its effects. The princess's confession is unusual among royal houses, although it clashes with the blackout over her surgery and recovery.
We have been carrying the other conspiracy theory for 20 years and some of its protagonists are not willing to let it die. There is no assumption of blame that is valid. The victims of the 11-M attacks were from Al Qaeda – experts, police officers, judges say so – and they continue to be victims of political-media interests that insist on maintaining doubts about the authorship of the attack. José María Aznar is once again a trend, like every 11-M, now justifying itself on a round anniversary: “No official document that definitively ruled out ETA authorship and affirmed jihadist responsibility without hesitation ever came into the hands of the government.”
Along with this statement distributed through the FAES, he reproaches that “the controversial takes precedence over the institutional; the spirit of division over harmony; and mendacious manipulation over rigorous criticism.” Let's position ourselves: left-left, right-right... @RodolfoIrago draws conclusions: “Aznar's government came from lying with the Prestige, with the Yak-42 and with the Iraq war. “On March 11, Aznar reached the height of indignity and decided to lie until the elections.” He lost. And there it continues.
