Everybody Loves a Good Conspiracy

[Mik]

It’s Tucker. That does not qualify as a good conspiracy.

[Andrea B]

Tucker has declined into the Jerry Springer wormhole of "commentary."

IOW: "I don't care what I say, as long as it give me clicks, and therefore money, I'm good."

Candace Owens is the same.

[89th]

As a professional viewer of Internet videos, I can tell you it was not staged, trumps reaction was too realistic and authentic. That being said, I’m pretty confident the bullet didn’t actually strike his ear. The blood was from an impact with secret service during the tackling .

[kluurs]

Yeah, the internet has really helped build the conspiracy industry. I was always a new junkie - but now everyone is. On social media this past year I've seen a lot more fake stories - whether showing police behaving badly or some redemption story.

To his credit, Tucker has hit some real issues on occasion - but he has also undermined his credibility with some of the goofy rabbit holes he's gone down - e.g. his fear mongering that we only had a 30 day supply of diesel fuel. Admittedly, no news or commentary person will always be right - but there have been times where a 5 minute Google search would save the world from a fair amount of angst.

[Horace]

@89th said:

As a professional viewer of Internet videos, I can tell you it was not staged, trumps reaction was too realistic and authentic. That being said, I’m pretty confident the bullet didn’t actually strike his ear. The blood was from an impact with secret service during the tackling .

Why are you confident about that?

[Horace]

I'm generally comfortable taking the mainstream view of most "controversial" topics where conspiracy theorizing abounds. One exception that comes to mind is COVID lab leak, which, according to the mainstream, is a conspiracy theory (see its wiki article), but which I'm confident has real evidence to support it. Not to the level of proof, but certainly reaches the level of doubt of zoonotic origin.

Also it's obvious nonsense that the earth is round.

[taiwan_girl]

@Horace said:

Also it's obvious nonsense that the earth is round.

555

[Renauda]

Am confident that Crooks attempted to assassinate Trump and acted entirely alone and under the radar until he pulled the trigger. At the same time however it’s not a recent event I am all that interested in pursuing further.

The only thing that has struck me about the incident is how quiet the mainstream is about Crooks, his family and their life now. I recall how Marina Oswald figured prominently in the press for years following JFK’s assassination. Even Squeaky Fromm and Hinckley had more press following their attempts. Crooks and his family however have just seemed to fade away into obscurity. Perhaps that’s how it should be, I don’t know.

[Doctor Phibes]

@taiwan_girl said:

@Horace said:

Also it's obvious nonsense that the earth is round.

555

He's right. It's an oblate spheroid.

[jon-nyc]

@Renauda

I wonder how much of that is just because he was shot dead? No trial, no statements to the press, no scenes of his mother pleading for mercy, etc.