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2. I Believed Conspiracies About The Shooting I Survived

Marianna Spring talks to a survivor of the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 about how online conspiracy theories made him question an event he’d witnessed with his own eyes

Marianna Spring talks to a survivor of the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 about how posts on a social media account made him question an event he’d witnessed with his own eyes

Listen to more episodes of Why Do You Hate Me on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. For this series, Marianna Spring (one of the most trolled Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ journalists) dives into her inbox and investigates a different extraordinary case of online hate to find out. She meets the people at the heart of these conflicts, and in some cases brings them together, to see if understanding - even forgiveness - is ever possible. Subscribe to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds to hear the episodes first.

And watch the episodes on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer too.

If you have been affected by online abuse, please visit bbc.co.uk/actionline

Host: Marianna Spring
Series Producer: Emma Close
Producer: Ben Carter
Editor: Sam Bonham

Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Production co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge

Cellphone footage courtesy of Lindsay Sherk

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29 minutes

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  • Wed 7 Feb 2024 11:00
  • Wed 10 Apr 2024 15:30

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