Conspiracy Without Theory
Mind of State
English - December 23, 2020 08:30 - 46 minutes - 106 MB - ★★★★★ - 149 ratingsNews Society & Culture politician government policy policymaker elected official president leader history historian Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Alien life? JFK’s murder? The Moon landing? These are classic topics for conspiracy theorists, who gather data, connect dots, and see where the evidence leads. But with more recent controversies, such as Birtherism, Pizzagate, QAnon, evidence is optional. For Trumpists, mere assertion is all that’s needed to draw outrageous conclusions and spread untruths. Dr. Nancy Rosenblum, author of A Lot of People Are Saying: The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy, joins Mind of State to discuss the danger behind this new, loose standard of proof.
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