{"id":239523,"date":"2025-04-30T12:04:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/persuadable-episode-1-why-do-people-believe-conspiracy-theories-the-account\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T11:04:32","slug":"persuadable-episode-1-why-do-people-believe-conspiracy-theories-the-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/persuadable-episode-1-why-do-people-believe-conspiracy-theories-the-account\/","title":{"rendered":"Persuadable Episode 1: Why do people believe conspiracy theories? | The Account"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/I2SUeYWJxvw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Persuadable Episode 1: Why do people believe conspiracy theories? | The Account\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I2SUeYWJxvw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Donie O\u2019Sullivan has been covering the world of misinformation for more than a decade, but now he&#8217;s less interested in what people believe than why they believe it. 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