Posted on 11/27/2016 1:16:02 AM PST by SteveH
The allegations against Comet Ping Pong, reported by the New York Times, are absurd on their face and detached from any gossamer thread of fact. They took root in the dark crevices of the Web and took flight thanks to social media platforms, whose witless “who, us?” posture in the face of misinformation and outright lunacy is a civic embarrassment.
More than that, the use of social media as a platform for outright lies about public figures and, in this case, malevolent rumors about a pleasant neighborhood restaurant popular with families is a menace to private lives, peace and prosperity. In response to the firestorm of anonymous death threats and warnings directed at Comet’s owner, James Alefantis, and some of his employees, D.C. police have had to deploy officers to keep an eye on the restaurant.
Fake and unfounded “news” articles suggesting that Comet’s backrooms, heretofore known for a couple of ping-pong tables and a play area for kids, were the scene of trafficked and molested children have appeared on Facebook, as well as on websites serving as platforms for scurrilous disinformation and fantasy conspiracies.
So what if Mr. Alefantis has never met Ms. Clinton and neither traffics nor abuses children? Social media, a neutral host body for parasitical insanity, have turned their algorithmic gaze upon him. The culprits include Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit and other platforms that have done too little to safeguard their sites from deception and fraud. (Reddit belatedly shut down a message board devoted to “pizzagate.”)
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Gave an interview, talked about Castro’s death
Really? Where?
Meanwhile, the child with the swollen eyes, hands taped to the table, who is supposedly Comet’s god child. Has any one come forward to say here she is, she’s my daughter, she’s fine? Yes, she really is his god child?
Until they can produce that child and the others pictured, alive and well and healthy, there is definitely something to investigate.
IRONY: The Washington Post and New York Times reporting on “fake news”.
Koran flushing, “FAKE” story that actually ended up in riots around the world where people DIED
72 front page stories in 45 days about Abu Garaib and panties on heads caused riots around the world where people, including US military DIED as a result.
EXACTLY. Not credible unless Brian Williams and Dan Rather are reporting it. /s
Let’s see...1) they make up the fake news, 2) they denounce the fake news saying something has to be done about it, 3) they census the news using their standard.
The real fake news from the msm hurts real children across the globe.
I think it should continue to be investigated, but on the other hand, conspiracies have a life all their own, buoyed by powerful human biases, they are near impossible to disprove to the convinced’s satisfaction. I have to maintain an honest standard of proof for them.
The New York Times, the Washington Post, Twitter, Reddit and Wikipedia have made themselves complicit in the sexual abuse of children. Everyone should cancel their subscriptions or accounts. All of their advertises should be contacted, and threatened with a boycott if they don’t withdraw their advertising.
And articles from those sources should be banned from FR.
This “conspiracy” is different in a way that will make it easier to validate.
What we are talking about is many individual crimes committed by many individual people, one at a time, one day at a time.
The conspiracy can begin to unravel with just one local police department arrest at one location.
I like our chances...
Apparently the MSM does as well—that is why they are panicking and name-calling.
Pam Anderson supposedly visited him again Nov 13. but true we have not seen or heard from him directly.
bfl
The allegations against Comet Ping Pong, reported by the New York Times, are absurd on their face and detached from any gossamer thread of fact.
But...seriousness of the charge, you know. Must investigate. For the children.
The Post would know. They’ve been publishing fake news for more than half a century.
A so-called comedy act at Comet Ping Pong and Pizza, caught on video of the guy in the blond wig and red ski mask, is all about pedophilia. “We all have our preferences” . . . Little boys or little girls . . . With shouts and laughter from the audience.
Mine would have been to the effect that I don't know much about a "Pizzagate" but the Clintons do seem to hang with a lot of sleazy people.
ML/NJ
if comet pizza is a non-story... then why have we had all those trolls here at Free Republic insulting freepers and trying to debunk the pedophile evidence? They were doing the same thing at reddit.
A little off topic, but why should we care if the pizza place got hurt. Liberals didn’t care they put a bakery out of business. They celebrated their homosexual victory.
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