'conspiracy theory' came directly from the CIA attempting to cover up the assassination.

I hadn't heard that, but it's interesting.

I just want to make sure that we (ie: trump supporters, the right, whatever the hell you want to call it) aren't falling for misleading or false information simply because we've been right in the past.

Made up Example: imagine a story went around that hiliary clinton ate puppies. I could believe it's possible, hell it wouldn't even shock me at this point, but what if it turned out that she was violently allergic to dog dander? How fast would something like that spread if people weren't doing their research?