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Why Conspiracy Theories Are More Popular Than Facts

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Why Conspiracy Theories Are More Popular Than Facts
Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of assassinating former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, is pictured with Dallas police Sgt. Warren (R) and a fellow officer in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963. Dallas Police Department/Dallas Municipal Archives/University of North Texas via Reuters
Michel Jacques Gagné
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Last month at a Saturday afternoon open-air rally in rural Pennsylvania, former U.S. President Donald Trump was grazed by an assassin’s bullet, which left three others injured and two dead, including the shooter.

Michel Jacques Gagné
Michel Jacques Gagné
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Michel Jacques Gagné is a senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy, author of “Thinking Critically About the Kennedy Assassination” (Routledge, 2022), and host of the Paranoid Planet podcast.