Epidode 316 - Seth Rich: Murder in the Age of Conspiracy

If Seth Rich had had any other job – or if it had been any other year – his tragic death would likely have joined the 65 other unsolved murders in his part of Washington DC that year. But Seth worked for the Democratic Party – and this was the summer of 2016.

And while his family tried to grieve, Seth’s story was co-opted by every side. Through social media echo-chambering and shameless self-promotion, it grew to include accusations of bloodthirsty politicians; allegations of foreign powers destabilising US elections; and a secretive, high-powered paedophile ring that went all the way to the top.

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Sources:

‘A Death on W Street’, Andy Kroll
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/seth-rich-wasnt-just-another-dc-murder-victim-he-was-a-meme-in-the-weirdest-presidential-election-of-our-times/2017/01/18/ee8e27f8-dcc0-11e6-918c-99ede3c8cafa_story.html?=undefined
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-43727858
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/aug/07/seth-rich-trump-white-house-fox-news
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/opinion/seth-rich-conspiracy-theory-fox-news.html

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