I've spent the better part of a week in this sub. Researching a ton, looking into things with everyone else, and it seems like every possible "lead" turns into a SMOKING GUN in someone's eyes.
THIS is why the media is having a heyday calling this "fake news" all a journalist need to do is come here to Voat, look at the half-assed cockamamie "detective" work being done, and they've got enough ammo to report it as fake.
Why don't people be more objective? Quit claiming that things are FACTS when it's just an opinion, or a theory.
As of right now, this 'investigation' is nothing more than speculation, conjecture, and assumptions.
People seeing weird things and asking "why". Fine, ask the questions. Ask "why". Investigate, but don't make claims unless you can actually prove something.
With that being said, the recent development of James Alefantis doing remodeling on an 87 year old Russian's guy house that is almost right next to the playground at 11th and Monroe is interesting. I'm not accusing him of using the playground to nab children, but it is interesting.
view the rest of the comments →
SIMONBARROW ago
This is ridiculous. If all pieces of evidence were dismissed on the grounds that there is a danger of 'confirmation bias' no evidence could be found to support anything. Interestingly, much of the evidence relating to Pizzagate is dismissed out of hand, without even being evaluated, by those whose assumption is that there's nothing untoward going on. But there is too much evidence which indicates there is a great deal going on. Anyone who seeks to dismiss this evidence has clearly taken sides against the evidence in favour of the mere assumption that there are rational, noncriminal explanations for the evidence - WITHOUT EVEN PROVIDING THEM.
r3dtr1x ago
lol you can't prove a negative... What I mean by that is I CANNOT PROVE THERE IS NOT ILLICIT ACTIVITY at Comet Ping Pong. People don't seem to understand how PROOF and EVIDENCE actually work. You cannot prove a negative. Period. I don't know how many times I've got to remind people that you can't prove a negative. The example I've given time and time again is that I cannot prove that invisible pink flying elephants don't exist.
The burden of proof is always on the one making the claim, and at least one of the claims appears to be that Comet Ping Pong is a central hub for child trafficking, which puts the burden of proof on those who make the claim.