If there’s one thing the legacy media believe separates them from the unwashed masses who keep voting Republican, it’s the latter’s support for “conspiracy theories.” The media have made refuting such theories a major part of their job, not only to defend the truth, but to safeguard the nation from more riots and insurrections.
As long ago as 2017, NBC News asked, “Are Conspiracy Theories a Threat to Democracy?” More recently, CNN warned that conspiracy theories could “turn to political violence, like what happened on January 6.”

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