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Ahead of the first US presidential debate, right-wing commentators and Donald Trump's own campaign team, speculated that Joe Biden was using a hidden earpiece. Amol Rajan asks how conspiracy theories that previously only existed on the fringes of the internet now regularly cross over into mainstream media.

Guests: Angie鈥疍robnic鈥疕olan, editor in chief of鈥疨olitiFact, Professor Nancy L. Rosenblum, co-author of A Lot of People Are Saying:鈥疶he New Conspiracism鈥痑nd the Assault on Democracy, Mike Thompson, chief content director at WOSU in Ohio, and Marianna Spring, 大象传媒 reporter.

Producer: Richard Hooper