{"id":208061,"date":"2024-02-25T14:10:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T14:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/25\/the-taylor-swift-psy-op-conspiracy-theory-offers-a-troubling-lesson\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:36","slug":"the-taylor-swift-psy-op-conspiracy-theory-offers-a-troubling-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/25\/the-taylor-swift-psy-op-conspiracy-theory-offers-a-troubling-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Taylor Swift &#8216;psy op&#8217; conspiracy theory offers a troubling lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"caption-shortcode\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/20101731\/SEI_191502397.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image size-full wp-image-2417995 ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"2WHYG59 Taylor Swift kisses Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas. The Chiefs won 25-22. (AP Photo\/John Locher)\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"AP Photo\/John Locher\/Alamy\" data-caption=\"Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after the NFL Super Bowl\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after the NFL Super Bowl<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">AP Photo\/John Locher\/Alamy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>AS I wrote this, helicopters flew overhead, circling the city where I live. Even though San Francisco lost the Super Bowl against Kansas City, fans were partying \u2013 and police were on high alert. For good reason too, as the tragic mass shooting in Kansas City during post-game celebrations attests. In the US, big events often end in horrifying gun violence.<\/p>\n<p>There was an added element of tension in sports fandom this year. Taylor Swift is dating\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg26134793-500-the-taylor-swift-psy-op-conspiracy-theory-offers-a-troubling-lesson\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce after the NFL Super Bowl AP Photo\/John Locher\/Alamy AS I wrote this, helicopters flew<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":208062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208061"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342271,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208061\/revisions\/342271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}