Pizzagate, the fake news conspiracy theory that led a gunman to DC’s Comet Ping Pong, explained - Vox
'The totally false conspiracy theory claims that Hillary Clinton and her former campaign manager, John Podesta, ran a child sex ring at a pizzeria in DC, Comet Ping Pong. '
'Then, on Sunday, Edgar Maddison Welch, a 28-year-old from North Carolina, armed himself with an assault rifle and fired at least one shot in the restaurant while investigating the conspiracy theory. '
'From there, people began speculating that the restaurant was part of a broader child trafficking ring run by the Democratic Party — a popular but entirely false conspiracy theory on the fringes of conservative media. '
'Instead, it was the result of a fake news story about Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign that proliferated on social media in the weeks before Election Day. '
'With that, fake news outlets like Your News Wire pushed the story more broadly just days before Election Day. '
sentryseven ago
Unbelievable. I know a lot of trendies who swallow everything that Vox says.
FuckReddit69 ago
Any alt-news sites that calls this "fake news" should be treated as propaganda. Simple.
derram ago
https://archive.is/TGX16 :
'The totally false conspiracy theory claims that Hillary Clinton and her former campaign manager, John Podesta, ran a child sex ring at a pizzeria in DC, Comet Ping Pong. '
'Then, on Sunday, Edgar Maddison Welch, a 28-year-old from North Carolina, armed himself with an assault rifle and fired at least one shot in the restaurant while investigating the conspiracy theory. '
'From there, people began speculating that the restaurant was part of a broader child trafficking ring run by the Democratic Party — a popular but entirely false conspiracy theory on the fringes of conservative media. '
'Instead, it was the result of a fake news story about Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign that proliferated on social media in the weeks before Election Day. '
'With that, fake news outlets like Your News Wire pushed the story more broadly just days before Election Day. '
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