IF IT FLIES, IT SPIES. BIRD WATCHING GOES BOTH WAYS. These slogans promote Birds Aren't Real, a satirical conspiracy group claiming the U.S. government wiped out all birds and replaced them with ...

Have you heard the latest viral conspiracy theory? Birds aren’t real, and the animals are actually drones sent from the government to spy on you. The theory admits birds were real animals, but U.S.

Bird propaganda is everywhere, once you’re trained to recognize it. Since the Cold War, children have eaten their breakfast cereals with Toucan Sam and spent their after-school hours learning at Big ...

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CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

The leader of the viral 'Birds Aren't Real' Movement said he wanted to step down from his position after a chaotic morning news interview that ended with him choking on his coffee and throwing up on ...

It's spread to billboards, bumper stickers and popped up at halftime during the NCAA men's basketball national championship game. More than a million people have become followers of Birds Aren't Real, ...

The absurdity of that statement has created a national phenomenon with a following of thousands simply because – well, because it is absurd at a time when we could use something laughable. The ...

Two years ago, we used this space to call for the Alaska Legislature to oust the willow ptarmigan in favor of the raven as Alaska’s state bird. We like to own up to ...