Trump assassination attempt at press gala: Mainstream media and conspiracy theories


Moments after a would-be assassin attempted to storm last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, social media was flooded with conspiracy theories that the shooting was “staged”. This week, FRANCE 24’s media show Scoop looks at mainstream coverage and asks if it is amplifying or combatting the conspiracy theories. Our guest is David Gilbert, a reporter at Wired who covers disinformation and online extremism.

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