Staged

01/09/2024 1h 24min Episodio 90
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Send us a textWhen a lone gunman attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13th, we saw online the birth of a new conspiracy belief. It has heavily influenced a large number of people on the left to participate in conspiracism. In this episode we take a closer look at the events with an eye to examine some of the ways people engaged poorly with the facts in order to support conspiracy beliefs that have become damaging to the prospect of a shared reality.LinksPeter Gabriel Family Picturehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_0y23xlMSwhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_incidenthttps://www.digitalcameraworld.com/news/can-doug-mills-photo-of-a-bullet-and-president-trump-be-real-yes-heres-howJeff Ostroff July 20 in-depth explanation video (good)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7PdhHC2zr0Jeff Ostroff follow-up video. Corrects a few mistakes, more info (good)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLRKpMxtW6Ahttps://www.cnn.com/2019/10/10/politics/trump-campaign-rallies-outstanding-invoices/index.htmlTrump's wrestling experiencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NsrwH9I9vEhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/23/obama-chef-died-drowned-accident-marthas-vineyardhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/world/sicily-ship-investigation-lynch-1.7304159