7 episodes
Truthers: Tiffany Dover Is Dead* NBC News
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3.9 • 158 Ratings
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Welcome to one of the internet’s weirdest obsessions. Back in December of 2020, a nurse named Tiffany Dover fainted on camera while she was talking to reporters after getting her first COVID shot. She got right back up and gave another interview, but it was too late. A conspiracy theory was already racing around the world: Dover had died. She’d been replaced by a body double. And an ever-expanding list of conspirators was in on the cover-up, including the drug companies, the hospital, the media, and maybe even the Pope. Tiffany Dover is alive and well, but she’s stayed silent through it all. And now her story has been hijacked by total strangers trying to make people doubt the safety of the COVID vaccine. In this first season of Truthers, a podcast project about misinformation and conspiracy theories, NBC News reporter Brandy Zadrozny sets out to show what’s true and what isn’t—and how one person’s life became a weapon in a global information war.
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Needle In
Brandy Zadrozny explains how an early COVID vaccine conspiracy theory began; the story goes that nurse Tiffany Dover had died on camera after receiving the shot.
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The Bog
Where is Tiffany Dover after the COVID vaccine? Brandy tries to find the nurse, while uncovering how this conspiracy theory has spun out of control.
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Who Does That?
When COVID misinformation spreads, Tiffany Dover isn’t the only victim. In this episode, Brandy tracks down a blogger who spreads falsehoods about COVID vaccination to discover why.
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The Playbook
Some of the people who spread disinformation about Tiffany Dover have been sowing doubt in vaccines for years. And at a march in D.C. their audience sounds convinced.
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Tiffany Dover Is Alive
Knocking on doors in Alabama yields the best result so far, and armed with new evidence, Brandy makes her case to a hard-core Tiffany truther.
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Special Episode: Tiffany Dover Speaks
After more than two years, Tiffany Dover breaks her silence in an exclusive interview with Brandy. Can she convince the truthers who still insist she's dead?
Customer Reviews
Good journalism!
The host went to great lengths to get at the truth of this incident. She exposed the “truthers” for the cruel, vindictive liars that they are. It’s shocking to see how easy it is for conspiracy theorists to take statements or incidents from social media and construct bogus narratives around people that they know almost nothing about - narratives that spread and cause incalculable harm to innocent people. The hospital was also exposed as dishonest and abusively controlling. Sadly, these “Truthers” will not be swayed by the facts in this podcast but will continue to move the goalposts for acceptance of the truth.
Need to review data
I think looking at all the facts that have come out now need to be updated about the vaccine and the serious side effects it’s causing. Especially on pregnant woman.
What a let down
I was very excited to hear from Tiffany and why she’s been silent. Instead I spent hours listening to the host failing to find Tiffany, all the while using nothing but pure speculation as “proof” that she’s is alive seeming oblivious to her own hypocrisy that she is also at the same time calling out others for using speculation to state she’s dead. This was one sided, self serving drivel.