Why Do You Hate Me? USA: 1. Wild Thoughts: 'I hate Trump, she likes him – we both think he staged assassination attempts'

Why Do You Hate Me? USA: 1. Wild Thoughts: 'I hate Trump, she likes him – we both think he staged assassination attempts'

Published: September 22, 2024

Duration: 28:27

Meet Camille and ‘Wild Mother’. Both women love nature, animals, and the outdoors. Both women also believe the assassination attempts on Donald Trump were staged – but have very different political views. Why do people believe the things they do? And what role do social media sites – and their algorithms – play? In this series, BBC disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring travels to the United States to investigate the social media backdrop to the 2024 presidential election and explore the different ways in which what is happening online is influencing the campaign offline. Marianna starts her journey in Colorado, looking at how con...