How the Murder of a D.N.C. Staff Member Fueled Conspiracy Theories: http://archive.is/iecNN
The Right Builds an Alternative Narrative About the Crises Around Trump: http://archive.is/tyZ7N
It worked on Pizzagate. I never bought it entirely, but I was following with interest to see what turned up. Then they effectively turned even considering the body of evidence for Pizzagate into something personally discrediting. It's up there with "lizard people" as something that marks you as completely unhinged if you even mention it. Which is disturbing when you realize it was never actually debunked, just smeared and called debunked by influential media sources who didn't fully engage with it, with most of the evidence ignored and swept under the rug. So creepy.