Fanning the Flames
In 2020, PBS’s Frontline broadcast United States of Conspiracy, an exhaustive investigation into how conspiracy theories moved from the political fringe into the White House. The documentary focused on the alliance between President Donald Trump, his advisor Roger Stone, and Infowars founder Alex Jones—chronicling how their partnership helped fuel disinformation, distorting public discourse, and waged a broader war over truth from inside the White House. It is excellent and worth watching.
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