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I like how the article ends which gives the perspective of someone with facts trying to convince the hypothesizing of conspiracy theorists' explanations.

> Whitsitt and Campanella were right to assume they’d be under attack from their community for confirming the existence of the 24-hour sun. For days, Whitsitt has been arguing on social media[0] with conspiracy theorists who are accusing him of faking the entire trip.

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They are trolling the flerfs. 1. He literally had a green screen on when he was initially broadcasting. 2. He was caught vaping to try and mimic vapor breath. 3. His shadows were all over the place like doubled in length in 3 feet walk. 4. The times were wrong the direction of the sun was wrong. 5. They were saying the place is empty when there are a load of people down there recently. 6. They are walking on the ground not leaving footprints in the snow. 7. They have studio lights all around the place where they walk. 8. When recording the 24hr sun a tractor literally teleports into view. Thye also got the overlay wrong. 9. He could not pick up snow on the ground where he was talking. 10 The sun literally changed shape in the sky. 11. They kept to this tiny area with no exploration whatever the audience asked they would not do. I don't know whether they went down there but it sure felt like a staged stuidio production.

It's like an inside meta joke with more people in than out. I'd like to think there would be some fall-out but it might not change anything. Ultimate irony would be if the participants were coerced/bribed and still don't know what to believe.

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