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Mike Rothschild is a journalist, researcher, and debunker of conspiracy theories and fringe beliefs. He has specifically focused on the QAnon conspiracy.As a staff writer at several media companies, he has written extensively about politics, history, pop culture, and weird stories on Facebook.Rothschild's first book, “The World’s Worst Conspiracies,” was published in 2020. His work has appeared in the Daily Dot, the New York Times, Snopes, NBC News, Vice, Right Wing Watch, Christian Science Monitor, Politifact, Huffington Post, The Week, Quartz, Cracked, Daily Kos, Raw Story, the Daily Beast, Salon, Harper’s Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, Buzzfeed, Daily Beast, and CNN. He also co-created the YouTube series "Daily Debunker," and he is a regular radio, video and podcast guest.Rothschild is also a published playwright.