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
sunshine tomorrow across scotland and parts of northern ireland. but then tomorrow night, the clouds will clear, the winds will ease and then into wednesday we ve got one more widespread frost on the way this week and then that is pretty much it at least for some time. so no more widespread frost on the way after wednesday morning. here is wednesday morning itself, but suddenly developed here, that warn of mild air in the form of a weather front and rain. ahead of it though, after that cold night, some lingering fog, it could feel quite raw for time on wednesday but after that, a rapid rise in the temperature certainly around about wednesday, thursday, into friday and temperatures above the average for the time of year. thanks, tomasz. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight is just getting underway on bbc two, with kirsty wark. on bbc one, it s time tojoin our colleagues for the news where you are. goodnight. enough is enough , says the home secretary, as he announces what he