2. I Believed Conspiracies About The Shooting I Survived
Marianna Spring talks to a survivor of the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 about how online conspiracy theories made him question an event he’d witnessed with his own eyes
Marianna Spring talks to a survivor of the mass shooting in Las Vegas in 2017 about how posts on a social media account made him question an event he’d witnessed with his own eyes
Listen to more episodes of Why Do You Hate Me on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. For this series, Marianna Spring (one of the most trolled BBC journalists) dives into her inbox and investigates a different extraordinary case of online hate to find out. She meets the people at the heart of these conflicts, and in some cases brings them together, to see if understanding - even forgiveness - is ever possible. Subscribe to BBC Sounds to hear the episodes first.
And watch the episodes on BBC iPlayer too.
If you have been affected by online abuse, please visit bbc.co.uk/actionline
Host: Marianna Spring
Producer: Ben Carter
Editor: Sam Bonham
Commissioning editor: Rhian Roberts
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell
Production co-ordinator: Rosie Strawbridge
Cellphone footage courtesy of Lindsay Sherk
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- Wed 7 Feb 202411:00BBC Radio 4
- Wed 10 Apr 202415:30BBC Radio 4 FM
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