Why Conspiracies Pay: The Rubin Report — Candace Owens, Clicks & Credibility
Update: 2025-12-12
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Hook: When attention equals income, truth becomes optional — and that’s fueling conspiracy culture. This episode of The Rubin Report (originally 1 hours, now condensed to 3 minutes) hosts Dave Rubin with guests Viva Fry and Gad Sad as they diagnose why figures like Candace Owens fixate on sensational narratives and how incentives, metrics, and media literacy shape beliefs. You’ll learn how monetization rewards outrage, which audiences are reachable (and which aren’t), the role of institutional distrust in spreading conspiracies, and what ‘suicidal empathy’ and cultural trade-offs mean for politics, identity, and policy. The conversation also touches on AI, media consolidation, and practical steps to reclaim standards of evidence and public trust. Keywords: misinformation, media literacy, conspiracies, politics, culture, incentives. Listen now to get the key ideas in minutes.
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