Im in my bedroom on january 6th watching thousands of people at the United States capitol on the day that the president ial election was supposed to be certified. Like most of us, last winter i watched live as people stormed the United States capitol. Fueled by the baseless claim that the election was stolen. Make no mistake, this election was stolen from you, from me. Stop the steal stop the steal this is the consequence of Conspiracy Theories rung amok. Accusations of lies, treason, even pedophilia flew from all directions. It begs the question, how did we end up here . Americans have always been fascinated with alternate versions of the truth. The clues were all there, actually, that it had the potential to get as huge as its become. But in the last decade, Conspiracy Thinking has gone mainstream, and it may not be entirely our fault. If youre a democrat and im a republican, the algorithm is incentivized to push us apart. Tonight were taking a closer look at a system thats designed
i m in my bedroom on january 6th watching thousands of people at the united states capitol on the day that the presidential election was supposed to be certified. like most of us, last winter i watched live as people stormed the united states capitol. fueled by the baseless claim that the election was stolen. make no mistake, this election was stolen from you, from me. stop the steal! stop the steal! this is the consequence of conspiracy theories rung amok. accusations of lies, treason, even pedophilia flew from all directions. it begs the question, how did we end up here? americans have always been fascinated with alternate versions of the truth. the clues were all there, actually, that it had the potential to get as huge as it s become. but in the last decade, conspiracy thinking has gone mainstream, and it may not be entirely our fault. if you re a democrat and i m a republican, the algorithm is incentivized to push us apart. tonight we re taking a closer
appearances, but as weeks, then months went by under lockdown, it got harder and harder. there s suffering and there s death about five months into this world wide pandemic people who looked like they had it together were silently coming apart . a video started spreading on twitter, showing a woman knocking over a display of masks in a target store. she livestreamed the entire event. the video became a viral sensation and garnered the meme target karen. but for the person who posted it, it was the end of a rapid downward spiral. at the beginning of the pandemic, i was just spinning trying to learn as much as i possibly could so that i could be informed, not only to make