# Conspiracy theories swirl that White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting was 'staged'

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Podcast: [Truth or Fake](https://stenobird.com/podcast/truth-or-fake-4612731)
Published: 2026-04-27T20:01:19+00:00
Episode link: https://www.france24.com/en/staged-conspiracy-theories-surge-after-shooting-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner?PcNCvtcnHj
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Social media has been flooded with conspiracy theories after a gunman's thwarted attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, with both left-wing and right-wing accounts claiming – without evidence – that the attack was "staged". By midday on Sunday, the term "staged" appeared in over 300,000 posts on X, according to social media analytics firm TweetBinder.

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