Q&A: Zach Mack on Getting Through to the Conspiracy Theorist in His Family
Zach Mack’s father said weird things here and there before the pandemic, but once the world shut down, in 2020, he veered deep into a world of conspiracy and political prophecy.
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Fact-checking and its detractors
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