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We decided, after much debate, to do a show addressing the bizarre and unpalatable conspiracy theories that have arisen in the wake of the Newtown massacre.
We apologize for even having to do it. After what that town and those families have been though, it's sickening to think they have to hear about claims that the children are not really dead, that the incident was staged as part of a plan to take guns away, or that the official narrative of the event does not square with the facts.
We're not going to dwell on those specific claims today. We're not going to air them or rebut them. We're going to focus more on the historical pattern into which they fit and on the question of whether, in a digital age, they spread much more rapidly and perniciously.
I wish there were no topic such as this one. But I think it's real enough so that it fits into our mission of informing you.
You can join the conversation. E-mail colin@wnpr.org or Tweet us @wnprcolin.
