Ep. 37 Latitude Live - Anatomy of a conspiracy theory
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The Tip Off
4.7 • 650 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In a crowded tent at Latitude Festival, journalist Charlie Mole explains how he tracked back how a conspiracy theory had grown and developed, finally ending up on US national news.
In this show, recorded in front of a live audience, Charlie explains how the death of a young Democrat staffer, sparked an elaborate story about revenge killings, secret leaks and shady forces at work.
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https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/bbc/conspiracy-files-murder-in-washington-bbc2/5127901.article
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-43727858
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| 0:00.0 | Just a quick note before we start. We're nearing the end of this series of the tip-off and thanks to all of you for listening and for your kind reviews on Apple Podcasts and other places. It's really nice to read them all. So we're hoping to be back soon with a new series, but the show is a completely independent production. And while we've had some funding to do the last two series, that's running out. |
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| 0:34.9 | That's patreon.com forward slash the tip-off. All support will be very much appreciated. |
| 0:42.3 | But for now, thanks for listening and on with the show. In July, I recorded an episode of the tip-off, unlike any of the others I brought to you so far. |
| 1:07.4 | This one was recorded in a tent in some woods. |
| 1:11.2 | I took the podcast to Latitude Festival, |
| 1:13.8 | where the Sunday afternoon audience was treated to a story of fake news and conspiracy theories, |
| 1:19.7 | how they came to be and how they grow over time. |
| 1:23.3 | To tell the story with me, I invited along investigative journalist and documentary maker Charlie Moll. |
| 1:29.7 | Here's what we talked about. |
| 1:35.3 | Lisa, we all have our own applause for talk. |
| 1:41.3 | Hello everyone. |
| 1:43.2 | Can you tell us some of the true things that you've investigated in the past that turned out to be real? |
| 1:48.2 | Yeah, so I make films not just for the BBC, so I make films for Panorama, but also Channel 4's dispatches programme. |
| 1:56.3 | I've done all sorts really, so I've looked at academy school spending and I've made a film |
| 2:02.9 | analysing some of the various extremist groups the House of Saud was funding just made a |
| 2:10.8 | panorama looking at the protests outside the two primary schools in Birmingham |
| 2:15.9 | about relationships education and looking at how that was spreading. |
| 2:20.2 | So all manner of things, chops and changes quite a lot really. |
| 2:24.5 | So there's plenty of real things to be digging into in the world. But the story that we're going to talk about today is one that kind of blew up for various different reasons and there might be different |
| 2:35.9 | kind of forces at work. So to give you a brief introduction, the story starts back in July |
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