Cosby’s Sex Assault Trial Has Ended with a Mistrial. These People Believe It’s All a Conspiracy.

Article/Op-Ed in Washington Post
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June 17, 2017

Reporting for the Washington Post, Jannell Ross looks at conspiracy theories surrounding Bill Cosby's sexual-assault trial:

To some, these accusations might sound like other conspiracy theories spread through social media recently, such as the tangle of rumors and lies that sent a gunman into a D.C. pizzeria in December under the false belief that he would free child victims of a nonexistent pedophilia ring there. But public opinion experts say there’s something more complicated and significant at work in the Cosby case that bears noting.