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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.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @03:26PM
> CNN apparently wrote the story to imply that Russia was moving on Norway, as a consequence of Trump's election. Did you bother to READ?
Did you? Because what the article actually says is that Norway is afraid that Trump is going to back out of NATO.
Calm your hysteria dude.
> Misleading stories are misleading stories.
NO That's the same bullshit black and white thinking that enables the worst lies.
Everybody makes mistakes. To err is human. Legitimate news organizations publish corrections. Malicious publishers just double down.
As long as you can't, or won't, distinguish between those who make a good faith effort and those who deliberately mislead, then you are collaborating with the liars.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by khallow on Tuesday December 06 2016, @04:57PM
Everybody makes mistakes.
But some repeatedly make mistakes that benefit themselves or favor some side.
As long as you can't, or won't, distinguish between those who make a good faith effort and those who deliberately mislead, then you are collaborating with the liars.
Heal thyself, physician.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 06 2016, @05:13PM
> But some repeatedly make mistakes that benefit themselves or favor some side.
That's the story of your entire posting history.