This article sourced from theguardian.com and written by Carey Dunne
This articles strengths include:
- The author actually lived with the people interviewed for a month
- The author isn’t biased, and presents both sides of a chemtrails argument
- The author looks at the chemtrails theory and how it affects and is affected by problems in the larger world
My initial reaction to this article was woah. There is some pretty crazy stuff going on in Placer County, California. Almost all of the people there believe that the government is spraying poisonous gas overhead to create climate change slowing clouds. I feel amazed that people actually believe this theory, and it has a large cult following.
The main point of the article is that right now, the world is very confused, and doesn’t know what to believe.
If the writer could change one thing, I wish the writer wouldn’t have been biased towards Trump. While I’m not a Trump supporter, I feel that the inclusion of politics detracts from the article’s argument, and the writer’s argument.
I would have been interested to see the author interview a chemtrails disbeliever/scientist to see their views. Also, I would have liked for the author to explore more government conspiracy theories in the article.
Sources:
Gizmodo- here’s where the chemtrails theory came from
nepis.epa.gov- Aircraft contrails factsheet
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