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Watergate | 6. Rabbit Holes
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Watergate Was a Conspiracy
After watergate americans were more suspicious than they had ever been. The percentage of Americans who thought lee harvey oswald had acted as part of a conspiracy jumped from 52% to an astonishing 81%. In today's episode, why were so many americans ready to believe conspiracy theories after watergate? How did those beliefs help trigger the downfall of richard nixon? And given everything we know about watergate, what separates a conspiracy theory from just theory?
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