Jordan Klepper has heard a lot of 9/11 conspiracy theories, including this shiny emerald: Osama bin Laden was a CIA operative named Tim Ossman. Together with Dr. Joan Donovan, research director of Harvard’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Jordan unpacks how the early days of the internet and social media have shaped 9/11 conspiracy theories that are still appearing two decades later. They are joined by veteran and filmmaker Korey Rowe, who co-produced “Loose Change,” one of the first viral conspiracy theory films on 9/11. They discuss the legacy of the film, how the right has weaponized conspiracy theories for political gain, and what conversations we should be having about the role of the media.
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11/23/22 • 73 min
Jordan Klepper Fingers the Conspiracy - The Early Internet & 9/11 Conspiracies
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Think back twenty years. Maybe you're in school or college. A friend comes up to you with the twenty dollar bill. They say, check this out, and they start folding it in a kind of weird way, kind of in half. Then it comes to a point then you realize it's the shape of the Pentagon and the image on the bill is now the twin towers who smoke coming out of them? What did the government know about nine eleven before it happened? If you ever experienced
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