"I live with someone who hates me" (QAnon Pt. 2)

The Daily Crime

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🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The baseless QAnon conspiracy theory has consumed the lives of many of its followers since originating online in 2017, ruining personal relationships and even causing some family members to say they live in fear. WOI-TV reporter and anchor Eva Andersen joins us again, this time to share personal stories she's learned through her reporting on the conspiracy. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Coming up.
0:01.3	Had you ever, up until this point in your marriage, felt scared of him in that way?
0:07.4	No.
0:08.7	That's why it's so hard.
0:10.9	Reconciling what my life has become.
0:12.7	For Vault Studios, I'm Reed Redmond.
0:15.2	You're listening to The Daily Crime.
0:22.6	QAnon. A thoroughly debunked far-right extremist conspiracy theory, claiming a number of high-profile
0:29.4	Democrats and celebrities are involved in an anti-Donald Trump, Satan-worshipping, cannibalistic
0:35.3	child sex trafficking ring, has crept its way from the fringes of the internet to the mainstream
0:41.1	since originating online in 2017.
0:44.3	The chance we love Trump, that is not, you know, hey, buddy, love you kind of love.
0:50.4	That is, I'm prepared to die for this man.
0:52.7	And along the way, it's consumed the lives of many
0:56.3	of its followers, ruining personal relationships, and even causing some family members to say
1:02.5	they now live in fear. Hello? Hi there. This is Eva. Hi. Hi. How are you?
1:11.6	Okay.
1:14.9	I just, before we get started, I just want to make sure I'm really, really want to make sure, like, my identity doesn't get out, whatever you decide to do with this information.
1:24.6	Once again, I'm joined by Eva Anderson with WI.T.Vines, Iowa to continue our conversation about the Q&ONN conspiracy theory.
1:33.3	We talked about some of your reporting on the broader conspiracy yesterday.
1:37.7	And I'm wondering, how did you end up taking on this project?
1:41.0	What was your inspiration for this piece on Q&N?
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