Bad People present True Crime Crackers 2022 ft. Obscene
Obscene: The Dublin Scandal
The Common Ingredients in Political Conspiracy Theories
There's usually a grain of truth somewhere around there. And in fact, the grain of truth is the element that usually makes a conspiracy theory more powerful. The BBC looked at some of the conspiracy theories that were brewing around the Clintons back then. There are all these inconsistencies coming out. They ignored it. So that left this kind of fertile breeding ground where the kind of half truths and disinformation festered. It eventually evolved into this massive conspiracy theory called QAnon which held that a cabal of satanic pedophiles led by Hillary Clinton was trying to steal the election.
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