Conspiracy Politics
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BBC
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Are we living in a ‘golden age’ of political conspiracy theories and what does belief in them tell us about voters and politicians? James Tilley, a professor of politics at the University of Oxford, talks to historians, psychologists and political scientists to ask why conspiracy theories are so common and who are the people spreading them. Why are so many of us drawn to the notion of shadowy forces controlling political events? And are conspiracy theories, in which things always happen for a reason and where good is always pitted against evil, simply an exaggerated version of our everyday political thinking? Producer: Bob Howard
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| 1:00.3 | In this |
| 1:03.4 | podcast Professor Tilly finds out how belief in conspiracy theories is affecting voters and politicians alike. |
| 1:07.4 | Here's a story that you may have missed. |
| 1:18.0 | There was this like flash of light that was seen on a webcam in the Pacific Northwest. It almost was like a missile. |
| 1:20.0 | They decide that this was an attempt to assassinate Trump on his way to the North Korea summit, |
| 1:25.6 | that the deep state shot off a missile at him. |
| 1:28.0 | This idea that Trump has teamed up with the likes of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un, that they're all good guys sort of against |
| 1:35.9 | this globalist cabal. |
| 1:39.8 | Did deep-state conspirators really fire a surface-to- air missile at Air Force 1 last year. |
| 1:45.0 | Answer, no. |
| 1:47.0 | So why do some people believe they did? |
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