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It's easy to think of conspiracy theories as something new. a byproduct of the digital age, the journalist anna merlin points out, this has happened over and over again in america? conspiracy theories tend to come to prominence more during times of social upheaval, social change, confusion of major world events, all of those things can lead to an environment where people's imaginations can run wild. >> reporter: in the mid 20th century, most conspiracy theorys spread by word of mouth. while an escalating cold war bred fear of communism, a small group on the far right sought to capitalize on th...

Medieval conspiracy theory. it is an antisemitic idea that holds that jews specifically -- meeting in secret late at night to slaughter christian children and use their blood in rituals. it is spread beyond that. you can see elements of it in qanon, which claims that evildoers are meeting in secret to abuse children. >> reporter: the ancient lie has been weaponized again and again throughout global history but still didn't deter melissa who, herself, was raised jewish and descended from holocaust survivors. >> even though there is a lot of anti-semitism that goes along with what qanon is about...

Americans who believe aliens have visited Earth are more likely than disbelievers to say that Joe Biden is not the legitimate winner of the 2020 presidential election.

Or visit my24info.com. ten days since president trump's tweet claiming that president obama ordered wiretapping at trump tower. and our next guest says essentially the president is getting away with conspiracy theories with no republicans stopping him. joining me now, michael gerson, an opinion writer for the "washington post." great to see you. >> let me quote from your op ed, you say there is a cocorruption the republican party as it tolerates, excuses and absorbs trump's thinking and that republicans are quote lowering their standards of sanity to defend an administration seized by conspi...

The charges against hillary were true. >> if you live by conspiracy theories, you are going to die by them. we found that ted cruz's dad helped kill jfk. obama's birth certificate isn't real. sooner or later a conspiracy theory might chase you. i think it would be great if both sides, right and left, reject all of these. conspiracy thinking -- conspiracy thinking are now called fake news. this is from the left, anti-trump. if you reject all of this stuff, that would be good for everybody. >> allow me to get this in. the president-elect asked about his dealings with russian president vladimir p...