![]() ![]() Aside from spikes in the 1890s - due to distrust in rising industrialization - and during the Red Scare in the 1950s, public belief in conspiracy theories remained stable. “At no time do they present any systematic evidence to back that up.”įive years ago, Uscinski and political scientist Joseph Parent reviewed more than 100,000 letters to the editor received by The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune between 18 - arguably the only long-term survey of conspiratorial beliefs. “Journalists are saying that ‘now is the time of conspiracy theory.’ But they’ve said that almost every year since the 1960s,” said Joe Uscinski, a political scientist at the University of Miami who studies the origins and behaviors associated with conspiracy theories. But being common does not necessarily mean these unfounded assertions are becoming more widely accepted. ![]() So common that recent work suggests everyone believes in at least one conspiracy theory. ![]() It’s common for people to believe in conspiracy theories. ![]() And those two words were “conspiracy theory.”įrom CrowdStrike to speculation about Jeffrey Epstein’s death, conspiracy theories have become central talking points in American politics and culture - or at least that’s how it feels on the internet. But both sides and the witnesses did utter the same pair of words every day of the hearings - 50 times overall. House Democrats and Republicans didn’t agree on much during the public hearings held as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. ![]()
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