The conspiracy theories arrived almost immediately after gunfire erupted at Washington's White House Correspondents' Association dinner in April. Now, a new poll suggests those suspicions have travelled far beyond the internet's political fringes.
Roughly one in four Americans believe the alleged assassination attempt targeting President Donald Trump during the 25 April gala was staged, according to new findings from NewsGuard and YouGov. The figures expose something uglier than partisan disagreement. They point to a public increasingly unable, or unwilling, to agree on what is real.
