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The Conspiracy Files

2024/9/12
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Alex Jones
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Alina Chan
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Corey Rowe
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Dylan Avery
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Garrett Graff
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Milton William Cooper
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Ramteen Arablui
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Walter Shirer
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Wendy Welch
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未知士兵：911袭击事件给美国士兵带来了巨大的心理冲击和现实的改变，他们对战争的理解和参与发生了根本性的转变。 Ramteen Arablui：911袭击后，穆斯林美国人面临着恐惧和不确定性，并首次强烈意识到自身身份的差异。同时，社会上流传着关于穆斯林社区庆祝袭击的谣言，而实际上他们感到恐惧和困惑。911袭击后，人们开始对当权者产生怀疑，这种怀疑也开始在互联网上蔓延。 Milton William Cooper：政府隐瞒了关于外星人和疾病的真相，并试图操纵公众舆论。 Garrett Graff：20世纪70年代的丑闻导致更多人怀疑政府，并催生了边缘的偏执狂群体。 Walter Shirer：互联网上几乎从一开始就存在虚假信息，而那些无法被证伪的虚假信息最为有效。 Alex Jones：911袭击是一场政府内部策划的行动，政府隐瞒了真相。 Corey Rowe：伊拉克战争是基于虚假前提发动的，导致了大量无辜平民的死亡。 Dylan Avery：互联网使得收集和传播关于911袭击的信息变得更加容易。 Wendy Welch：阿巴拉契亚地区的人们对当局缺乏信任，这使得他们更容易相信关于新冠病毒的阴谋论。边缘化群体更容易相信阴谋论。 Alina Chan：新冠病毒的行为特征表明其可能源于实验室。公开质疑新冠病毒可能源于实验室的理论给Alina Chan带来了很多麻烦。在危机时期，承认不确定性比表现出虚假的确定性更为重要。

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The episode explores how conspiracy theories have become mainstream and profitable since the early days of the internet. It examines the impact of 9/11 and the subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on public trust and the spread of misinformation.
  • 9/11 and the internet contributed to the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories.
  • The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq further eroded public trust in government.
  • The episode questions how democracy can survive in a world where truth is increasingly questioned.

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9/11 was an inside job. Aliens have already made contact. COVID-19 was created in a lab.Maybe you rolled your eyes at some point while reading that list. Or maybe you paused on one and thought... well... it could be true.Since the first Americans started chatting online, conspiracy theories have become mainstream — and profitable. It's gotten harder to separate fact and fiction. But if we don't know who we can trust, how does a democracy survive?On today's episode, we travel the internet from UFOs, through 9/11, to COVID, to trace how we ended up in a world that can't be believed.*To access bonus episodes and listen to Throughline sponsor-free, subscribe to Throughline+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org/throughline).*Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices)NPR Privacy Policy)