It is entirely possible to become a conspiracy theorist in a bad way.
It is natural after being lied to, to start seing lies everywhere.
The media was not in on this. The media did all it could to downplay it and they succeeded.
I have called every false flag, every bluff at first glance for the last 2 decades. This one was not one of them. Trump came 1 inch from getting his head blown of.