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Title: Salt, toothpaste, and the CIA: conspiracy theory in contemporary Indian society.
Author: Allan D. Polak
Publication: Skeptic (Altadena, CA) (Refereed)
Date: March 22, 2004
Publisher: Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine
Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Page: 64(8)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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IT IS DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO grow up in the U.S. and not be familiar with at least one conspiracy theory. The JFK assassination, the coverup of the crashed UFO at Roswell, NM, and the plotting of the Freemasons are some of the most popular in a nation rife with belief in conspiracies. A 1997 Scripps-Howard News Service poll found that 51% of Americans believed that federal officials played a role in JFK's assassination, while over a third suspected that the U.S. Navy shot down TWA flight 800.
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