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    The Clickbait Presidency

    The Donald Trump conspiracy-theory feedback loop is only going to get worse.
    by Derek Thompson Mar 06, 2017 3 minutes
    Source: Carlos Barria / Reuters

    President Donald Trump’s accusation on Twitter that Barack Obama ordered a wiretap on his residence has been denied by the former president, rebutted by the FBI director, and criticized by Republican lawmakers. But it’s hardly surprising that Trump’s presidency has been mired in groundless conspiracy theories, since that’s exactly how this whole thing got started.

    Even before he was a Republican presidential candidate, Trump’s modern political career kicked off with unfounded, and repeatedly disproved, rumors about Barack Obama's birth certificate. It continued when

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