Brown Shooting, Online Sleuths, and an Alleged Manifesto Officials Say Is Wrong | December 17 - Hour 1

This hour examines the contrast between federal investigators “kicking snow” for leads in the Brown University shooting and internet sleuths rapidly compiling a trove of information about the alleged gunman and his motives, including a purported manifesto circulating online under the name Mustapha Kharbouch that officials insist is inaccurate or misleading. The show digs into what this clash between crowd-sourced investigations and official narratives reveals about trust in institutions, the risks of rushing to judgment based on unverified online claims, and why listeners should demand transparency without blindly accepting either government denials or social media “receipts.”

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