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How dangerous are conspiracy theories?

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September 10, 2020

QAnon adherents distrust the state and its elites. Some even call for violence. How real is the threat? Our guests: Theresa Locker (Vice), Felix Huesmann (freelance journalist), Jochen Roose (sociologist)

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Felix Huesmann is a freelance journalist with a focus on the far right. He says: "The dangers of far right ideologies were ignored too long. We should not make that mistake again with QAnon."
 

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Jochen Roose is a sociologist with Germany’s Konrad Adenauer Foundation. He says: "The belief in conspiracy theories is a mass phenomenon that is part of our society."
 

 

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Theresa Locker works as an investigative journalist at online magazine Vice. And she thinks: “Media’s responsibility in framing QAnon is crucial for its containment.”

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