Background

Cassandra Fairbanks was a leftist social media political writer/activist/twitter personality that switched to being an "alt-right" Trump supporter in 2016:

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-37507542

She recently made a video describing why she switched camps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYoq19sW7Vo

In the video she describes doing operation work for Anonymous, such as writing twitter storms. She also participated in the Anonymous "Occupy Steubenville" protests: http://www.glamour.com/story/attention-rapists-youve-met-your-match

In 2016, Anonymous twitter storms from accounts such as 0Hour have been a tool for spreading misinformation mixed with the real information released by Wikileaks. (This is done in order to deter the general public from treating that information as trustworthy)

Example of Cassandra sharing Anonymous misinformation on twitter: https://twitter.com/allnighttom/status/793537083092574208

There are other MSM narrative operations that she has assisted with. Remember the Fergusion riots and "Hands up Don't Shoot"? For a period of time, Cassandra wrote "Badge Abuse" articles just about every day assisting with the effort to vilify police officers:

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/author/cassandra/

Cassandra's role in breaking pizzagate

Right before pizzagate was about to blow up, Cassandra Fairbanks wrote the following article quoting a Brittany Pettibone tweet, which in turn broke a PleadingTheYiff "BREAKING" the_donald post: [Internet Is On Fire With Speculation That Podesta Emails Contain Code for Child Sex] (http://wearechange.org/internet-fire-speculation-podesta-emails-contain-code-child-sex/))

The article references the PleadingTheYiff reddit post BREAKING: I believe I have connected a convicted child abductor who was caught stealing children in Haiti with the Clintons)

It is odd that Cassandra Fairbanks added the Brittany Pettibone tweet to the article. At this point Brittany Pettibone had only been an active alt-right twitter personality for less than a month. After having examined all of the misinformation that Brittany Pettibone & PleadingTheYiff have spread regarding pizzagate, I believe that quoting them in this article as sources was an operation designed to "handoff" the pizzagate rumours to the channels controlled by the establishment. We can see from Google Trends that on Nov 3 when the first Cassandra Fairbanks pizzagate article was written, the rumours had not yet blown up: https://imgtc.com/qdDpu8l

Other alt right twitter users such as @Cernovich, @JaredWyand & @mediumsexy are also quoted. Cassandra's article has a very skeptical tone. Instead of digging into the validity of the claims, she is simply pointing readers at the source of the rumors and giving a very basic overview of what the rumors are. This serves a dual purpose. The skeptical tone and the various "alt-right" quotes are design to deter many people that dislike the "alt-right" from digging any further. They can read this article and dismiss pizzagate as "fake news". The other purpose is to direct those looking for more information on the validity of the pizzagate claims towards the intended channels: establishment controlled alt-right social media on twitter & reddit.

See below for background on Brittany Pettibone / PleadingTheYiff pizzagate misinformation (both Pettibone Sisters and PleadingTheYiff have shared a massive amount of pizzagate misinformation and participated in other efforts to discredit the pizzagate investigation such as linking it to conspiracy blogs such as [The Millenium Report] (http://themillenniumreport.com/)) which is operated by the network managing the PleadingTheYiff account.

Brittany Pettibone pizzagate misinformation: https://voat.co/v/pizzagateshills/1564027

PleadingTheYiff / DisobedientMedia / Pizzagategear.com misinformation: https://voat.co/v/pizzagateshills/1541317

The Millenium Report conspiracy blog managed by PleadingTheYiff: (see comments at http://archive.is/wHMvV )

Cassandra Fairbanks pizzagate articles & intended purpose

Nov 3, 2016 Internet Sleuths Are Convinced That The Podestas Are The Kidnappers in These Police Sketches

• PURPOSE: Indicate skeptism & present that pizzagate is an "alt-right" theory. Hand-off investigation to controlled channels: PleadingTheYiff / Brittany Pettibone (& other controlled alt-right twitter personalites). Assist with narrative that PleadingTheYiff is "originator" of pizzagate.

Nov 4, 2016 Spirit Cooking: The Most Disturbing Podesta Email Yet?

• PURPOSE: Create a basis for the pizzagate = Satanic Ritual Abuse narrative

Nov 7, 2016 InfoWars broadcast that included Cassandra Fairbanks: The Internet Thinks The Podestas Are Kidnappers

• PURPOSE: Hand-off investigation to "conspiracy theorists". Spread theory that the Guardian fabricated the sketches to blackmail the Podestas. Distract from the sketches by discussing various election topics involving Bernie, Hillary & Trump. BUY SUPER-MALE-VITALITY!!

Cassandra backstories that discredit pizzagate by association

Alt-right backstory (major part of discrediting pizzagate and controlling pizzagate news channel):

• Cassandra fits the same pattern as the Pettibone sisters of sharing alt-right talking points & low-effort memes but at an even more massive scale. Her "Subverse" site follows the Buzzfeed style of promoting low-effort journalism and memes.

Anonymous backstory:

• Cassandra has many connections to the operations of "Anonymous" and their various operations promoting division between "left" vs. "right & the spread of misinformation.

Russian influence backstory:

• Cassandra is a contributor at Sputnik News which aids the MSM Russia backstory. According to the BBC article linked below, Sputnik is a "Tool for disinformation"

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-37036900

Conclusion

Cassandra Fairbanks is "undercover MSM" that helped steer followers of the breaking pizzagate rumors to the intended channels controlled by the establishment: PleadingTheYiff & alt-right twitter network (including BrittanyPettibone). She is also assisting with the pizzagate = alt-right / Russian propaganda narrative by displaying the prototypical "alt-right" personality & having connections to Sputnik. Connections to "Anonymous" are used to discredit pizzagate by association due to the massive amount of misinformation spread by "Anonymous" accounts.

Cassandra also displays a pattern of low-effort journalism based on linking to social media, memes, & declining to come to conclusions in articles. By having low-effort journalists such as Cassandra cover the pizzagate rumors, the establishment was able to get away with not having anyone in the MSM cover them. The pizzagate = alt-right theory was firmly planted and it deterred many from digging into the pizzagate evidence. The pizzagate investigation was then hijacked by "alt-right" personalities controlled by the establishment who were tasked with blending the real findings of pizzagate with massive amounts of misinformation.

Finally, appearing on the Alex Jones InfoWars show was icing on the cake for MSM journalists looking to discredit pizzagate with their pre-planned "alt-right fake news Russian propaganda Alex Jones Sandy Hook conspiracy theory" talking points. Cassandra has stopped writing pizzagate articles and has transitioned to covering "alt-right" leaning news and the typical "alt-right" memes of the day. Her response to being accused by the MSM of creating pizzagate is to say that she was merely reporting on rumors which were taking over the internet. However, her relentless participation in selling the narratives of the day, such as "Badge Abuse" or "Alt-Right Rising" imply that she is writing on topics that she is directed towards. And she is not being directed towards further coverage on pizzagate.

Additional sources - MSM articles/TV shows highlighting Cassandra & "fake news"

CBS "The onslaught of fake news (shows "The Millenium Report" Website & Cassandra article)

Politifact "How Pizzagate went from fake news to a real problem for a D.C. business"

How Russia’s Winning The Disinformation War

Message to Cassandra

Cassandra Fairbanks...do you want to clear your name? Pizzagate "rumors" & findings continue to be spread and we need journalists to contribute on assessing the validity of the claims. It is pretty sad that you would stop at just a few articles about POSSIBLE CHILD TRAFFICKING, when you wrote countless articles about "Badge Abuse" that were provoked by a "hands up don't shoot" lie.