The Chaos Machine: An Endless Hole

Invisibilia

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🗓️ 29 April 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Yowei gets a tip about Russian trolls in Stockton, California and falls down a hole of swirling conspiracy theories. At the center is a scrappy, controversial website that has become one of the most popular sources of local news in town. Some say it's doing important investigative journalism while others say it's spreading hateful lies about progressive leaders. In part 1 of The Chaos Machine series, what happens when traditional local news runs out of resources and reporting the narrative of a community is anybody's game?

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0:00.0	This episode is explicit.
0:09.8	From MPR, this is Invisibilia, I'm Yoesha.
0:12.6	I'm Kiyam Yakonates.
0:14.4	Okay, so Kiyam.
0:15.8	You know how, last year I reported a story in Stockton, California.
0:20.2	Yeah, I remember.
0:21.3	So, today I got another story from Stockton, California.
0:26.0	You love it out there.
0:27.2	I do, I just can't get enough.
0:29.3	Basically, what happened was, while reporting that last story, I got this tip.
0:34.3	Somebody told me that Stockton has its own version of Russian trolls.
0:39.5	Okay.
0:40.5	Exactly.
0:41.5	I was like, sure.
0:43.0	Right.
0:44.0	Ever.
0:45.0	Sublike a conspiracy theory.
0:46.5	But of course, I put in a collar too.
0:48.5	Hey, there she is.
0:51.3	Which is how I ended up talking to this guy named Jake Tyler.
0:54.7	How do I pronounce him in again?
0:56.5	It's Yo-Way.
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