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Conspiracy theories have been a thing in American politics for a while now.
One study found
that 35% of the country believes there is a single group of people who secretly rule the world.
One thing that worries experts is right now,
conspiracy theories are getting more sticky because people in power are legitimizing them.
Politicians have been talking about QAnon saying the 2020 election was stolen,
that Covid vaccines had microchips.
These, of course, have all been thoroughly debunked.
In the lead up to last year's election, though,
a massive amount of misinformation was amplified on social media.
Today we're bringing you a story about a family that's in crisis.
In this time of misinformation,
reporter Zach Mack thinks his father is being radicalized
and his father thinks Zach's the one being brainwashed.