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Fake News Has Real Consequences

posted by on Tuesday December 06 2016, @12:19PM   Printer-friendly
from the don't-believe-everything-you-read dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

The guardian reports on a sobering event in Washington DC.

US police have arrested a man wielding an assault rifle who entered a pizza restaurant that was the target of fake news reports it was operating a child abuse ring led by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her top campaign aide.

[...] The suspect entered the restaurant and pointed a gun at a restaurant employee, who fled and notified authorities, police said. The man then discharged the weapon inside the restaurant. There were no injuries.

[...] [Police] said the suspect during an interview with investigators revealed that he came to the establishment to "self-investigate" Pizzagate, the police statement said. Pizzagate is a baseless conspiracy, which falsely claims Clinton and her campaign chief John Podesta were running a child sex ring from the restaurant's backrooms.

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  • (Score: 2) by EvilSS on Tuesday December 06 2016, @01:58PM

    by EvilSS (1456) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday December 06 2016, @01:58PM (#437682)
    When I'm planning my own false flag operations, I usually try to find people with IMDB credits so the public can quickly debunk them.
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  • (Score: 2) by wisnoskij on Tuesday December 06 2016, @02:09PM

    by wisnoskij (5149) <reversethis-{moc ... ksonsiwnohtanoj}> on Tuesday December 06 2016, @02:09PM (#437694)

    By that logic writing "If I Did It: Confessions of the Killer" completely cleared OJ Simpson of any possible suspicion of guilt.

    In the real world the stereotypical most obvious suspect is the guilt party. Their is not a series of bluffs and double bluffs, their are no triple agents, and the guilty party does not frame himself to make it look like he must be innocent.

    • (Score: 2) by bradley13 on Tuesday December 06 2016, @03:28PM

      by bradley13 (3053) on Tuesday December 06 2016, @03:28PM (#437756) Homepage Journal

      Sure, you can double-think it. And triple-think it. I'm not even sure which side of #pizzagate it would benefit. But I find the story very strange.

      As far as conspiracy theories go, do recall the saying: "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean that they're not out to get you." Sometimes there really are conspiracies. If not #pizzagate, then whoever might benefit from a faked attack like this. Give enough double- and triple-think, it could be either side.

      Or the guy could just be a nutcase.

      --
      Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.