‘Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory’ Apparently Turns Out To Be Real In Under 24 Hours

The New York Times initially framed a story on an election software company’s connection to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) as a “right-wing conspiracy theory,” but within 24 hours the story turned out to be true.

A Times article published Tuesday reported that “right-wing” election deniers in Arizona had crafted a conspiracy theory that election software company Konnech had secret ties to the CCP and gave the party access to personal information about two million U.S. poll workers.

The following morning, the company’s top executive, Eugene Yu, was arrested for the alleged theft of poll workers’ personal information.

“At an invitation-only conference in August at a secret location southeast of Phoenix, a group of election deniers unspooled a new conspiracy theory about the 2020 presidential outcome,” the Times’ original lede read.