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Melissa Sell points to entries in what her husband calls her “conspiracy journal” on the front porch of their home in Mount Holly Springs, Pa., on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. When something piques her interest, the 34-year-old mother of one jots it down for further research. Sell said she began to lose trust in the government and the media shortly after the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Conn., which left 20 students and six teachers dead. Sell thought the shooter looked too small and weak to carry out such a bloody act. And the gut-wrenching interviews with stricken loved ones seemed too perfect, almost practiced. (AP Photo/Allen G. Breed)With the U.S. facing a big election in 2024, the perils of disinformation now also threaten democracy itself.
Originally published at Associated Press