Conspiracy Theories Surge on Left and Right

0:00It's April 30th, this is entertainment and celebrity news today, pop culture powered by AI, Fox News host Jessica Tarlov had vox media's Astead Herndon on her raging moderates podcast this week to break down the surge in conspiracy theories, hitting both the left and the right. A fresh poll from the Manhattan Institute shows 46% of Democrats think the July assassination attempt on Donald Trump was staged, straight up faked for sympathy. He also dug into fresh conspiracies around the White House correspondence dinner shooting where the term staged blew up online with more than three hundred thousand posts on X by midday Sunday. Tarlov blamed it on newcomers to the political scene, swallowing old classics like 9-11 being an inside job or the moon landing faked. Herndon called it a total breakdown in our shared reality, something brewing for years and now spilling into the mainstream. He pointed out it's not just fringe anymore, peaking with events like January 6th and

1:01linked it to folks ditching trust and institutions and media. Even some Democrats question if Trump really swept every swing state in the election. Herndon sees this as a slow burn across the board, while Tarlov noted politicians dodge hard truths fearing backlash from Trump and their base, leaving us all chasing shadows instead of facts.