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Why the chemtrail conspiracy theory lingers and grows – and why Tucker Carlson is talking about it

  • Written by Calum Lister Matheson, Associate Professor of Communication, University of Pittsburgh
imageContrails have a simple explanation, but not everyone wants to believe it.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Everyone has looked up at the clouds and seen faces, animals, objects. Human brains are hardwired for this kind of whimsy. But some people – perhaps a surprising number – look to the sky and see government plots and wicked deeds written...

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