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'''Jesse Walker''' (born September 4, 1970) is books editor of ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'' magazine.<ref name=":0">[http{{Cite web|url=https://reason.com/people/jesse-walker/all ''Reason'' Magazine on-line staff biography,|title=Jesse retrievedWalker|date=19 NovemberSeptember 24,2023 2014]}}</ref> The [[University of Michigan]] alumnus has written the books ''The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory'' (HarperCollins, 2013) and ''Rebels on the Air: An Alternative History of Radio in America'' (NYU Press, 2001), and he maintains a blog called ''The Perpetual Three-Dot Column''. His articles have appeared in a number of publications, including ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''[[The Atlantic]]'', [[Salon.com|Salon]], ''[[The New Republic]]'', ''[[Politico]]'', ''[[L.A. Times]]'', ''[[L.A. Weekly]]'', ''[[Chronicles (magazine)|Chronicles]]'', ''[[Boing Boing]]'', ''[[No Depression (periodical)|No Depression]]'', and the ''[[Journal of American Studies]]''.
 
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=== Conspiracy Theories ===
He has identified five kinds of conspiracy theories:
 
* The "Enemy Outside" refers to theories based on figures alleged to be scheming against a community from without.
* The "Enemy Within" finds the conspirators lurking inside the nation, indistinguishable from ordinary citizens.
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==External links==
* [http://jessewalker.blogspot.com/ ''Perpetual Three-Dot Column'']
* {{C-SPAN| Jesse Walker 71839}}
* [http://archives.nodepression.com/author/jesse-walker/ ''No Depression'' archive]
* [https://www.npr.org/2013/09/07/219718597/suspicious-in-united-states-of-paranoia-its-not-just-you NPR Interview, "Suspicious? In 'United States Of Paranoia,' It's Not Just You"]
* [https://www.niemanlab.org/2017/02/the-history-of-american-conspiracy-theories-holds-some-lessons-for-fake-news-debunkers-says-jessie-walker/ Nieman Lab Interview, "The history of American conspiracy theories holds some lessons for fake news debunkers, says Jesse Walker"]
* [https://www.vice.com/en/article/5gw79k/americas-not-so-secret-paranoid-underbelly Vice Interview, "America’s Not-So-Secret Paranoid Underbelly"]
* [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/americans-are-better-russians-conspiring-hurt-american-democracy/573862/ The Atlantic, "How Russian Trolls Imitate American Political Dysfunction"]
* [https://newrepublic.com/article/140279/presidents-phantoms-trump-conspiracy-theorist-chief The New Republic, "All the President’s Phantoms"]
 
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