Conservative media, Russians push same conspiracy

Source: Axios | May 19, 2017 | Sara Fischer

This week a conspiracy theory tying the death of a young DNC staffer to Wikileaks spread through conservative media. The story ignited outrage from the victim’s parents and the public. Then today:

Why it matters: The President tries to distance himself from the idea that his campaign colluded with Russia, but conservative media that helped elect him (and who go to great lengths to defend him) is pushing the same false narratives as the Russian government.

Fox coverage: The victim’s family is particularly upset with Fox News after the network discussed the topic during nearly every hour of its primetime coverage Tuesday night — even though NBC debunked the theory hours before around 5 p.m.

Between the lines: The sloppy reporting was used to pivot from coverage of a report that could be potentially damaging to Trump and his administration.

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    We live in an age where Alex Jones and Infowars are considered legitimate sources of news. Every time someone dies, even if it’s expected, it’s some kind of conspiracy, murder and cover-up. Now even traditional news outlets like Fox are disseminating these conspiracy theories without a thorough investigation. Until the media comes up with actual evidence, other than the word of anonymous vague sources (and sometimes I think these anonymous sources exist only in the mind of the writer), I’m not going to pay attention to these conspiracies.

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