"The
collusion lie will go down in history as one of the strangest distortions of
reality to dominate the American political scene. For more than two and a half
years, the national establishment and news media were fixated on a 'truth' which turned out to be false.
In some
ways, this national psychosis is reminiscent of the popular madness which would
run through medieval societies from time to time. Think of the flagellants
going from city to city beating themselves to exorcise their sins. Think of the
madness which surrounded Friar Girolamo Savonarola when he ruled Florence from
1494 to 1498. In our own country, think of the hysteria of the Salem witchcraft trials in 1692 and 1693, when more
than 200 people were accused of witchcraft. Fourteen women and five men were
found guilty and hanged. A sixth man was pressed to death with stones.
On October
30, 1938, Orson Welles terrified millions of Americans with a fake news
broadcast reporting aliens had invaded Earth. Based on the H.G. Wells
book, The War of the Worlds, Welles presented it so
vividly that many Americans panicked thinking they were listening to a genuine
newscast of a real invasion from outer space."
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