A recent conspiracy theory making the rounds in leftist circles: The Rothschilds bought Charlie Hebdo just before it was attacked. The attack suddenly made the magazine much more valuable, didn't it?
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The conspiracy theory was published by some left wing news-sites and blogs, such as the Spanish La Republica and the Portuguese blog Xatoo.
The conspiracy is based on a recent interview by one of the Rothschilds in the Dutch Quote Magazine, which said as follows:
France is on fire after the cowardly attack on Charlie Hebdo, and the spectacular developments afterwards. The newspaper Libération, where next week’s satirical magazine – fortunately – will be produced, has recently fallen in the hands of a descendant of the famous bankers’ dynasty De Rothschild.
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‘There has been quite some discussion about the takeover of Libération by my uncle Édouard baron de Rothschild’, says Philippe. ‘Some family members wanted to block the purchase, because the medium would make us a political force. We wanted to avoid that at all cost. We have no interest in politics, at least not towards the outside world. In the end, the critics within our family were overruled.’
First, we're not talking about Charlie Hebdo, but rather about Libération.
Second, Quote Magazine is wrong. Libération was recently bought by Patrick Drahi. A Jew, but not a Rothschild. The Rothschilds bought a share in Libération in 2005.
But conspiracy-theorists never really care about facts, do they?
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