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> pizzagate is a well known hoax Is it? I haven't found any solid debunking of the really weird aspects (handkerchief email). The wikipedia article lists [1] a

> pizzagate is a well known hoax Is it? I haven't found any solid debunking of the really weird aspects (handkerchief email). The wikipedia article lists [1] and [2] as citations for the word "debunked", but both don't really offer any compelling argument except the general preposterousness of the crazy 4chan talk. But there are no alternative, plausible explanations for the weird, code-like language of some of the emails. Please point me to better debunkings if you know or can find out. [1] http://www.snopes.com/pizzagate-conspiracy/ http://www.snopes.com/pizzagate-conspiracy/ [2] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/10/business/media/pizzagate.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/10/business/medi...

pcwalton 10y ago
> Is it? Yes, it is. Tons of media outlets have investigated it and found nothing. Even if they had found some tiny sliver of evidence—which they didn't—it wouldn't prove that there was a conspiracy, because extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. There's infinitely more reason to believe the Steele dossier is true than Pizzagate, but at the moment we have to assume it is false too, because the evidence just hasn't shown up. > But there are no alternative, plausible explanations for the weird, code-like language of some of the emails. Maybe, just maybe, when John Podesta talked about pizza, he was actually talking about pizza.