Words matter: Why are conspiracy theories so easily believed?

23ABC News 2022-10-28

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As we head towards the November election, questions about election integrity remain at the forefront. Almost all doubts of American elections security have been disproven as false conspiracies, but how did we get to a point in American history where conspiracies are so easily believed?
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