the channels and consumed the news he wants you to, you would end up with a twisted, frankly frank enstein image of america. i think he does this because it benefits him politically but it's not good for the national discourse. it's important to stress during a health emergency people should be watching and consuming credible news information not these crazy conspiracy theories. >> let's zoom out past this one idea of population control. there's other theories out there, death toll denialism, anti-vaccine messaging going on. help us connect the dots, renee diresta, between these? we're seeing nonbelievers, anti-vaccination activists, now these covid-19 conspiracy here wrist he he theories. >> these are spread virally from person to person. people don't know what to trust. they're not getting good information from the government. the government really doesn't have good information because the disease is so new. a lot of the appeal is people wanting to give information to their community. so when they see slick videos, they're inclined to share it. they think this is a ph did resear ph.d. re