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Why conspiracy theories spread so fast online after tragedies

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Kim Malcolm talks with University of Washington assistant professor Kate Starbird about how conspiracy theories spread online in the wake of tragedies.

Starbird is assistant professor at the UW's Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering.

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