Claim: The US Central Intelligence Agency created the term "conspiracy theorist".
Fact-check: Tinfoil hats not needed to repel CIA 'conspiracy theorist' creation claim
Verdict: false. there's no evidence the cia coined the term. the phrase "conspiracy theory" has been in use for least 150 years.
Organisation: Australian Associated Press
Author: Unknown
Date published: 2022-01-31T00:00:00