When everyone; TV, Hollywood, series, book publishers, the press, record labels, etc. (they’re all owned by the same people), even games, works so hard to make you believe it... it’s because it’s a lie.
When something is real, you don't have to try so hard to make the herd believe it. This should be the starting point for anyone who wants to test any hypothesis.
Conspiracy? Are they trying to hide it from us, or are they trying to drum it into our heads with their constant brainwashing?

Then you have a look at the rest of the evidence, and they make you laugh. Yes. There is a conspiracy; that’s why they’ve taken over all the mass media, and they’re all saying the same thing.