United States of Conspiracy

The FRONTLINE Dispatch

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🗓️ 5 October 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

As COVID-19 has spread, so, too, have misinformation and conspiracy theories about the virus — amplified by figures like Alex Jones, and proliferating on social media and even at the highest levels of government. Veteran FRONTLINE filmmaker Michael Kirk, who was already making a documentary about the rise of conspiracy theories in American politics when the pandemic hit, shares what he’s learned about how such theories have become central to understanding the nation’s response to the coronavirus outbreak. .”There's been a concerted effort, now that everything is moved from the fringe to the center, to knock down knowledge-based information,” Michael says. “And all of a sudden, a large number of Americans simply do not believe what they're being told. And that's where we find ourselves now.”

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0:00.0	The Frontline Dispatch is made possible by the Abrams Foundation,
0:03.6	committed to excellence in journalism,
0:05.6	and by the Frontline Journalism Fund,
0:07.9	with major support from John and Joanne Hagueller.
0:10.9	Support for Frontline Dispatch comes from the Massachusetts
0:13.6	General Hospital Cancer Center,
0:15.1	dedicated to providing compassionate care
0:16.9	and cancer specialists who are experienced in the cancer you have.
0:20.0	When you hear the word cancer, their team is ready.
0:22.6	Learn more at massgeneral.org slash cancer.
0:26.2	It's not a birth certificate candy,
0:28.0	and people are trying to figure out why isn't he giving his birth certificate.
0:31.5	It's not a birth certificate.
0:33.6	What exactly happened on 9-11?
0:36.3	How did they know who did this so quickly,
0:39.1	like they did, Lee Harvey Oswald?
0:41.7	The official story of Sandy Hook has more holes in it than Swiss cheese.
0:46.0	Tonight we start with proof the deep state is real in America.
0:51.6	Conspiracy theories have taken center stage in American politics today.
0:56.6	But then, we noticed a virus.
1:00.0	This is a planetary takeover plan.
1:02.3	Balchi embalm on the gates own the virus.
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