US EditionScoop - Trump Assassination Attempt at Press Gala: Mainstream Media and Conspiracy Theories
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Scoop - Trump assassination attempt at press gala: Mainstream media and conspiracy theories
Moments after a would-be assassin attempted to storm last weekend's White House Correspondents' Dinner, social media was flooded with conspiracy theories that the shooting was "staged". This week, FRANCE…
Tech Firms Must Crack Down on Mad Conspiracy Theories Destroying Society
If you need more proof of how deranging our times have become, just consider this: the number of times the word “staged” was used in the hours after the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting last Saturday. This isn´t only a problem for social media companies. It is a problem for our democracy. And it is one we […]
The shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association's dinner, where Trump sat down, grew into dozens of conspiracy theories in just a few hours, and the social media were filled with versions of the production and hidden beneficiaries of the event. RTVI explains why American society reacts to political violence in this way and where the distrust of official investigations comes from.
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